CVEvulnerability

CVE-2006-1942

5.1 MEDIUM Published 2006-04-20 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2006-04-20
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.1 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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."

Affected configurations

• 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

References