--- title: "CVE-2006-1729\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-1729?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2006-1729 Publication date 14 April 2006 Last updated 17 July 2025 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description Mozilla Firefox 1.x before 1.5.0.2 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by (1) inserting the target filename into a text box, then turning that box into a file upload control, or (2) changing the type of the input control that is associated with an event handler. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | firefox | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 2.0.0.6+1-0ubuntu1 | | 6.10 edgy | Fixed 2.0.0.6+0dfsg-0ubuntu0.6.10 | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.13~prepatch070731-0ubuntu1 | | firefox-granparadiso | 7.04 feisty | Not in release | | 6.10 edgy | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | | lightning-sunbird | 7.04 feisty | Not in release | | 6.10 edgy | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | | midbrowser | 7.04 feisty | Not in release | | 6.10 edgy | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | | xulrunner | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1.8.0.5-4.2 | | 6.10 edgy | Fixed 1.8.0.5-4.2 | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1729) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1729) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-1729) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-1729) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-275-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-275-1) + Mozilla vulnerabilities + 28 April 2006 + [USN-271-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-271-1) + Firefox vulnerabilities + 20 April 2006 ### Other references *