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high 7.5

CVE-2006-3677 in the critical feed json

Mozilla Firefox 1.5 before 1.5.0.5 and SeaMonkey before 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by changing certain propert…

published 2006-07-27 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-3672

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
80.0%
EPSS 80.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.6%
public exploits
4
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Mozilla Firefox 1.5 before 1.5.0.5 and SeaMonkey before 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by changing certain properties of the window navigator object (window.navigator) that are accessed when Java starts up, which causes a crash that leads to code execution.

Patch / fix

  • thunderbird RHEL 4 1.5.0.5-0.el4.1
  • firefox RHEL 4 1.5.0.5-0.el4.1
  • seamonkey RHEL 4 1.0.3-0.el4.1
  • devhelp RHEL 4 0.10-0.2.el4
  • seamonkey-chat RHEL 4 1.0.3-0.el4.1
  • seamonkey-mail RHEL 4 1.0.3-0.el4.1
  • seamonkey-js-debugger RHEL 4 1.0.3-0.el4.1
  • seamonkey-dom-inspector RHEL 4 1.0.3-0.el4.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2006:0611RHSA-2006:0610RHSA-2006:0609RHSA-2006:0608

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2006-3677 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 seamonkey 1.0.3-0.el3.1, seamonkey-nss 1.0.3-0.el3.1, seamonkey-chat 1.0.3-0.el3.1, seamonkey-mail 1.0.3-0.el3.1, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.3-0.el3.1, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.3-0.el3.1, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 seamonkey 1.0.3-0.el3.1, seamonkey-nss 1.0.3-0.el3.1, seamonkey-chat 1.0.3-0.el3.1, seamonkey-mail 1.0.3-0.el3.1, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.3-0.el3.1, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.3-0.el3.1, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0608
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 devhelp 0.10-0.2.el4, firefox 1.5.0.5-0.el4.1, seamonkey 1.0.3-0.el4.1, thunderbird 1.5.0.5-0.el4.1, seamonkey-chat 1.0.3-0.el4.1, seamonkey-mail 1.0.3-0.el4.1, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 devhelp 0.10-0.2.el4, firefox 1.5.0.5-0.el4.1, seamonkey 1.0.3-0.el4.1, thunderbird 1.5.0.5-0.el4.1, seamonkey-chat 1.0.3-0.el4.1, seamonkey-mail 1.0.3-0.el4.1, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0609
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0594
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 seamonkey 1.0.3-0.el3.1, seamonkey-nss 1.0.3-0.el3.1, seamonkey-chat 1.0.3-0.el3.1, seamonkey-mail 1.0.3-0.el3.1, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.3-0.el3.1, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.3-0.el3.1, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0608
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 devhelp 0.10-0.2.el4, firefox 1.5.0.5-0.el4.1, seamonkey 1.0.3-0.el4.1, thunderbird 1.5.0.5-0.el4.1, seamonkey-chat 1.0.3-0.el4.1, seamonkey-mail 1.0.3-0.el4.1, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0609
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0594
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 seamonkey 1.0.3-0.el3.1, seamonkey-nss 1.0.3-0.el3.1, seamonkey-chat 1.0.3-0.el3.1, seamonkey-mail 1.0.3-0.el3.1, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.3-0.el3.1, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.3-0.el3.1, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0608
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 devhelp 0.10-0.2.el4, firefox 1.5.0.5-0.el4.1, seamonkey 1.0.3-0.el4.1, thunderbird 1.5.0.5-0.el4.1, seamonkey-chat 1.0.3-0.el4.1, seamonkey-mail 1.0.3-0.el4.1, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0609
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  • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0594

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/multi/browser/mozilla_navigatorjava)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

80.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/multi/browser/mozilla_navigatorjava Mozilla Suite/Firefox Navigator Object Code Execution metasploit exploit, normal rank, 2006-07-25
  • EDB-16300 Mozilla Suite/Firefox - Navigator Object Code Execution (Metasploit) remote, 2010-09-20
  • EDB-9946 Mozilla Suite/Firefox < 1.5.0.5 - Navigator Object Code Execution (Metasploit) remote, 2006-07-25
  • EDB-2082 Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4 - JavaScript Navigator Object Code Execution remote, 2006-07-28

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.