CVE-2006-6971
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CVE-2006-6971 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. 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.. EPSS estimates a 1.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
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.
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Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.1 |
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