Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2006-6971 (CCN-40070)

Assigned:2006-10-30
Published:2006-10-30
Updated:2008-09-05
Summary:Mozilla Firefox 2.0, possibly only when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to bypass the Phishing Protection mechanism by representing an IP address in (1) dotted-hex, (2) dotted-octal, (3) single decimal integer, (4) single hex integer, or (5) single octal integer format, which is not captured by the blacklist filter.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
4.3 Medium (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:H/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
4.3 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:H/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Type:CWE-20
Vulnerability Consequences:Bypass Security
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2006-6971

Source: CCN
Type: SLA.CKERS.ORG Web site
New anti-phishing feature in FF pretty bad...

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit
http://sla.ckers.org/forum/read.php?13,2253

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 36062
Mozilla Firefox on Windows Encoded IP Phishing Protection Bypass

Source: CCN
Type: Mozilla Bugzilla Bug 356355
numeric domain normalization only happens on enchash table values

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Exploit
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=356355

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
firefox-phishing-protection-security-bypass(40070)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    mozilla firefox 2.0.0.1
    mozilla firefox 2.0