CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2006-1942

Published: Apr 20, 2006 | Modified: Oct 18, 2018
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5.1 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2 and possibly other versions before 1.5.0.4, Netscape 8.1, 8.0.4, and 7.2, and K-Meleon 0.9.13 allows user-assisted remote attackers to open local files via a web page with an IMG element containing a SRC attribute with a non-image file:// URL, then tricking the user into selecting View Image for the broken image, as demonstrated using a .wma file to launch Windows Media Player, or by referencing an alternate web page.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
K-meleon K-meleon_project 0.9.13 (including) 0.9.13 (including)
Firefox Mozilla 1.5.0.2 (including) 1.5.0.2 (including)
Navigator Netscape 7.2 (including) 7.2 (including)
Navigator Netscape 8.0.40 (including) 8.0.40 (including)
Navigator Netscape 8.1 (including) 8.1 (including)

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