CVE-2006-1942

Severity Score

5.1

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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."

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 5.1

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2006-04-20 CVE Reserved
2006-04-20 CVE Published
2023-10-31 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (28)

URL	Tag	Source
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016202	Vdb Entry
http://www.osvdb.org/24713	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431267/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433138/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433539/30/5070/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435795/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18228	Vdb Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=334341	X_refsource_confirm
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25925	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.gavinsharp.com/tmp/ImageVuln.html	2018-10-18

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/19698	2018-10-18
http://secunia.com/advisories/19988	2018-10-18
http://secunia.com/advisories/20063	2018-10-18
http://secunia.com/advisories/20376	2018-10-18
http://secunia.com/advisories/21176	2018-10-18
http://secunia.com/advisories/21183	2018-10-18
http://secunia.com/advisories/21324	2018-10-18
http://secunia.com/advisories/22066	2018-10-18
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1118	2018-10-18
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1120	2018-10-18
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1134	2018-10-18
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-39.html	2018-10-18
http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/netscape-view-image.html	2018-10-18
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_35_mozilla.html	2018-10-18
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded	2018-10-18
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2106	2018-10-18
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748	2018-10-18
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083	2018-10-18

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
K-meleon Project Search vendor "K-meleon Project"		K-meleon Search vendor "K-meleon Project" for product "K-meleon"				0.9.13 Search vendor "K-meleon Project" for product "K-meleon" and version "0.9.13"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				1.5.0.2 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "1.5.0.2"		-		Affected
Netscape Search vendor "Netscape"		Navigator Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Navigator"				7.2 Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Navigator" and version "7.2"		-		Affected
Netscape Search vendor "Netscape"		Navigator Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Navigator"				8.0.40 Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Navigator" and version "8.0.40"		-		Affected
Netscape Search vendor "Netscape"		Navigator Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Navigator"				8.1 Search vendor "Netscape" for product "Navigator" and version "8.1"		-		Affected