PT-2006-3038 · Mozilla+1 · Firefox+1

Published 2006-04-26 · Updated 2024-02-13 · CVE-2006-2057

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CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox version 1.0.6

Description The issue allows user-assisted remote attackers to modify command line arguments to an invoked mail client via " (double quote) characters in a mailto: scheme handler. This could potentially be used to launch a mail client, such as Microsoft Outlook, with an arbitrary filename as an attachment. It is unclear whether this issue is specific to the implementation or a problem in the Microsoft API.

Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox version 1.0.6, consider avoiding the use of " (double quote) characters in mailto: scheme handlers to minimize the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, restrict the invocation of external mail clients until a patch is available.

Fix

Argument Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-88

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-2057

Affected Products

Outlook

Firefox

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2057 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/432009/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2006/04/office-2003-file-attachment-exploit.html · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1538 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26118 · Note