CVE-2006-2894: Mozilla Firefox

Medium severity, CVSS 4.0. EPSS: 9.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4, 2.0.x before 2.0.0.8, Mozilla Suite 1.7.13, Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.2 and other versions before 1.1.5, and Netscape 8.1 and earlier allow user-assisted remote attackers to read arbitrary files by tricking a user into typing the characters of the target filename in a text box and using the OnKeyDown, OnKeyPress, and OnKeyUp Javascript keystroke events to change the focus and cause those characters to be inserted into a file upload input control, which can then upload the file when the user submits the form.

Affected products

• Mozilla Firefox: up to and including 2.0.0.8; version 1.5.0.4 only
• Mozilla Mozilla Suite: version 1.7.13 only
• Mozilla Seamonkey: up to and including 1.1.4; version 1.0.2 only
• Netscape Navigator: up to and including 8.1

Published 2006-06-07. Last modified 2026-06-16.