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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…
Medium5.1EPSS 2.6%
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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."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 15% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Weakness
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Affected products
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References (28)
- 21176 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3748 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 24713 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 19698 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20060418 Another flaw in Firefox 1.5.0.2: to open files from remote (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20063 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-39.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- firefox-viewimage-security-bypass(25925) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20060505 Firefox 1.5.0.3 code execution exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/netscape-view-image.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20060602 rPSA-2006-0091-1 firefox thunderbird (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20376 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1016202 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 18228 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0083 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SSRT061181 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- DSA-1118 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- DSA-1120 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 19988 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.gavinsharp.com/tmp/ImageVuln.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- DSA-1134 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 21324 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21183 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=334341 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 22066 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2006:035 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2106 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20060507 Re: Firefox 1.5.0.3 code execution exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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