CVE-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."
Published:Apr 20, 2006
Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
EPS:Apr 20, 2006
EPSS Score:0.0294
CVSS Score:5.1
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
K-meleon Project
Product
K-meleon
K-meleon Project
K-meleon
Vendor
Mozilla
Product
Firefox
Mozilla
Firefox
Vendor
Netscape
Product
Navigator
Netscape
Navigator
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
No CWE recorded yet
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
Related CVEs
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
