CVE-2006-1734

Exp

Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1.x before 1.5 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by using the Object.watch method to access the "clone parent" internal function.

Published: 2006-04-14 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-1734 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 32.74%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-1734

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1734

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 37.01% 32.74% -4.27%
2 2025-03-29 32.74% 37.01% +4.27%
3 2025-03-17 32.74%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1734

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-1734

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-1734

vendor priority summary link
debian high CVE-2006-1734 high priority: Debian including 2 source packages (firefox, thunderbird), 6 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 6. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-1734
gentoo normal CVE-2006-1734: 3 GLSA(s) (200604-12, 200604-18, 200605-09), 6 atom(s) (mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird, mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-bin, www-client/mozilla, www-client/mozilla-bin, www-client/mozilla-firefox, www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-1734
redhat critical https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-1734
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-1734 medium priority: Ubuntu including 5 source packages (firefox, firefox-granparadiso, lightning-sunbird, midbrowser, mozilla-thunderbird), 20 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): DNE 9, needs-triage 5, released 4, not-affected 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-1734

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-1734

Solution: Fixed in: Firefox 1.5 Firefox 1.0.8 Thunderbird 1.5 Thunderbird 1.0.8 SeaMonkey 1.0 Mozilla Suite 1.7.13

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1734

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox <= 1.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla_suite <= 1.7.12 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla_suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla_suite 1.7.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla_suite:1.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla_suite 1.7.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla_suite:1.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla_suite 1.7.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla_suite:1.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla_suite 1.7.10 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla_suite:1.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla_suite 1.7.11 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla_suite:1.7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey <= 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird <= 1.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.5:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 1.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.5:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1734

URL Tags
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.26/SCOSA-2006.26.txt
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060404-01-U.asc
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Apr/0003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19631
http://secunia.com/advisories/19696
http://secunia.com/advisories/19714
http://secunia.com/advisories/19721
http://secunia.com/advisories/19729
http://secunia.com/advisories/19746
http://secunia.com/advisories/19759
http://secunia.com/advisories/19780
http://secunia.com/advisories/19794
http://secunia.com/advisories/19811
http://secunia.com/advisories/19821
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
http://secunia.com/advisories/19852
http://secunia.com/advisories/19862
http://secunia.com/advisories/19863
http://secunia.com/advisories/19902
http://secunia.com/advisories/19941
http://secunia.com/advisories/19950
http://secunia.com/advisories/20051
http://secunia.com/advisories/21033
http://secunia.com/advisories/21622
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102550-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-228526-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1044
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1046
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1051
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-12.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-18.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-09.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/842094 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:075
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:076
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:078
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-15.html Exploit
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00153.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00154.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0328.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0329.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0330.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434524/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436296/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436338/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438730/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17516
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-107A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1356
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25816
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10755
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1247
https://usn.ubuntu.com/271-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/275-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/276-1/
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