VDB
CVE-2006-1942
CVE-2006-1942
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.099999904632568 MEDIUM
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."
EPSS 2.94% · 86.7th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS v2.0
5.099999904632568
EPSS Score
2.94%
86.7th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| k-meleon_project | k-meleon | 0.9.13 |
| n/a | n/a | * |
| mozilla | firefox | 1.5.0.2 |
| netscape | navigator | 7.2, 8.0.40, 8.1 |
Timeline
- Apr 20, 2006 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 3, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 17, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 8, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19988 advisory
- 21176 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2006-3748 vdb
- 24713 vdb
- 19698 third-party-advisory
- 20060418 Another flaw in Firefox 1.5.0.2: to open files from remote mailing-list
- 20063 third-party-advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-39.html url
- firefox-viewimage-security-bypass(25925) vdb
- 20060505 Firefox 1.5.0.3 code execution exploit mailing-list
- http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/netscape-view-image.html url
- 20060602 rPSA-2006-0091-1 firefox thunderbird mailing-list
- 20376 third-party-advisory
- 1016202 vdb
- 18228 vdb
- ADV-2008-0083 vdb
- SSRT061181 vendor-advisory
- DSA-1118 vendor-advisory
- DSA-1120 vendor-advisory
- http://www.gavinsharp.com/tmp/ImageVuln.html url
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