5.1
CVSSv2

CVE-2006-1942

Published: 20/04/2006 Updated: 18/10/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.1 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 4.9
VMScore: 454
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2 and possibly other versions prior to 1.5.0.4, Netscape 8.1, 8.0.4, and 7.2, and K-Meleon 0.9.13 allows user-assisted remote malicious users 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."

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k-meleon project k-meleon 0.9.13

mozilla firefox 1.5.0.2

netscape navigator 7.2

netscape navigator 8.0.40

netscape navigator 8.1

Vendor Advisories

Several security related problems have been discovered in Mozilla which are also present in Mozilla Thunderbird The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2006-1942 Eric Foley discovered that a user can be tricked to expose a local file to a remote attacker by displaying a local file as ...
Several security related problems have been discovered in Mozilla The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2006-1942 Eric Foley discovered that a user can be tricked to expose a local file to a remote attacker by displaying a local file as image in connection with other vulnerabili ...
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-39 "View Image" local resource linking (Windows) Announced June 1, 2006 Reporter Eric Foley Impact Low Products Firefox, SeaMonkey Fixed in ...