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CVE-2006-1942

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.1 Published: 2006-04-20 Modified: 2026-06-16

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."

Affected Platforms

Mozilla FirefoxK-Meleon Project K-MeleonNetscape Navigator

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References