CVE-2006-6506

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-6506
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-12-20 01:28:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe "Feed Preview" feature in Mozilla Firefox 2.0 before 2.0.0.1 sends the URL of the feed when requesting favicon.ico icons, which results in a privacy leak that might allow feed viewing services to determine browsing habits.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SUSE update for mozilla - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Mozilla Firefox May Disclose RSS Feed URLs to Remote Systems - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
MFSA 2006-75: RSS Feed-preview referrer leak af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
usn/USN-398-1 - Ubuntu: Linux for human beings af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
HPSBUX02153 SSRT061181 rev.7 - HP-UX Running Firefox, Remote Unauthorized Access or Elevation of Privileges or Denial of Service (DoS) - c00771742 - HP Business Support Center af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 h20000.www2.hp.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Is Firefox/Google Spying on Your News Feeds? (Update) | LegRoom.net af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.legroom.net Exploit
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Mozilla Firefox/SeaMonkey/Thunderbird Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SUSE updates for MozillaFirefox and MozillaThunderbird - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo update for mozilla-firefox - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Ubuntu update for firefox - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-354A -- Mozilla Addresses Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
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