Vulnerability CVE-2006-1942
Published: 2006-04-20   Modified: 2012-02-12

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."

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5.1/10
6.4/10
4.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Netscape -> Navigator 
Mozilla -> Firefox 
K-meleon project -> K-meleon 

 References:
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016202
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1118
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1120
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1134
http://www.gavinsharp.com/tmp/ImageVuln.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-39.html
http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/netscape-view-image.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_35_mozilla.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431267/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433138/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433539/30/5070/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435795/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18228
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2106
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=334341
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25925
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