CVE-2006-1942

Medium

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."

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.1
Exploit probability85. percentile2.6%
ProductK-meleon
PublishedApr 20, 2006
First seenApr 20, 2006

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
k-meleon_project k-meleon0.9.13—
mozilla firefox1.5.0.2—
netscape navigator7.2, 8.0.40, 8.1—

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