THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-1045
LOW SEVERITY

CVE-2006-1045

Thunderbird vulnerability

CVSS
2.6
EPSS
4.9%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
The HTML rendering engine in Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5, when "Block loading of remote images in mail messages" is enabled, does not properly block external images from inline HTML attachments, which could allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, such as application version or IP address, when the user reads the email and the external image is accessed.
Affected vendor
Mozilla
Affected product
Thunderbird
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Published
2006-03-07

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 4.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-1045

  • Confirm whether Mozilla Thunderbird is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-1045.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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