Vulnerability Report

CVE-2006-1729

Title: Mozilla Firefox Path Traversal / LFI

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2006-1729.

CWE Category CWE-20

Published Date Apr 14, 2006

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.23%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2006-1729: Mozilla Firefox 1.x before 1.5.0.2 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by (1) inserting the target filename into a text box, then turning that box into a file upload control, or (2) changing the type of the input control that is associated with an event handler.

Impacted Vendors

mozilla 3

Reference Links

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/19649 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/19794 http://secunia.com/advisories/19811 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/21033 http://secunia.com/advisories/21622 http://secunia.com/advisories/22066 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.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:075 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:076 http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-23.html http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_35_mozilla.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.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436296/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436338/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17516 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1356 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3391 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25823 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10922 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1929 https://usn.ubuntu.com/271-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/275-1/ 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/19649 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/19794 http://secunia.com/advisories/19811 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/21033 http://secunia.com/advisories/21622 http://secunia.com/advisories/22066 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.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:075 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:076 http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-23.html http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_35_mozilla.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.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436296/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436338/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17516 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1356 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3391 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25823 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10922 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1929 https://usn.ubuntu.com/271-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/275-1/

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2006-1729 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

April 14, 2006 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.