>> Mozilla Firefox Deleted Object Reference Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Title : Mozilla Firefox Deleted Object Reference Remote Code Execution Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-1614 CVE ID : CVE-2006-1993 CWE ID : CWE-OVAL1790
Rated as : Critical
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-05-02
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Mozilla Firefox, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This flaw is due to a memory corruption error when processing a specially crafted HTML script that contains references to deleted objects and the "designMode" property is enabled, which could be exploited by attackers to crash a vulnerable browser or remotely take complete control of an affected system by tricking a user into visiting a malicious Web page.
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