CVE-2006-1942

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-1942
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-04-20 22:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionMozilla 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."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS: 0.029400000 probability, percentile 0.864560000 (date 2026-04-20)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application K-meleon Project K-meleon 0.9.13 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2 All All All
Application Netscape Navigator 7.2 All All All
Application Netscape Navigator 8.0.40 All All All
Application Netscape Navigator 8.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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Debian update for mozilla-thunderbird - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
HP-UX update for firefox - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Mozilla Firefox Bugs Permit Arbitrary Code Execution, Cross-Site Scripting, and HTTP Response Smuggling af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
MFSA 2006-39: "View Image" local resource linking (Windows) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1134-1 mozilla-thunderbird af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
334341 – [FIX]Using image tags with a non image file, and selected view image, file will still load up, allowing access to system resources af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Mozilla Suite "View Image" Local Resource Linking Weakness - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Bug 334341 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gavinsharp.com Patch
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey, Camino, and Thunderbird Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1120-1 mozilla-firefox af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
This domain name is registered with Netim af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.networksecurity.fi Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1118-1 mozilla af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Netscape "View Image" Local Resource Linking Weakness - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/24713 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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