Description
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."
Published: 2006-04-20
Score: 5.1 Medium
EPSS: 2.9% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1118-1 New Mozilla packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1120-1 New Mozilla Firefox packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1134-1 New Mozilla Thunderbird packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-1942 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."
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K-meleon Project K-meleon
Mozilla Firefox
Netscape Navigator
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:27:29.865Z

Reserved: 2006-04-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-1942

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-04-20T22:02:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2006-1942

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