Vulnerability in K-Meleon Project
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 · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.025 (84.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 84.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- K-Meleon Project — versions 0.9.13
- Mozilla Firefox — versions 1.5.0.2
- Netscape Navigator — versions 7.2, 8.0.40, 8.1
References
- secunia.com/advisories/21176 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/24713 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/19698 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431267/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/20063 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-39.html (Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25925 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433138/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/netscape-view-image.html (Vendor Advisory)