Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 26, 2006· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2006-2057
CVE-2006-2057
Description
Argument injection vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6 allows user-assisted remote attackers to modify command line arguments to an invoked mail client via " (double quote) characters in a mailto: scheme handler, as demonstrated by launching Microsoft Outlook with an arbitrary filename as an attachment. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue is implementation-specific or a problem in the Microsoft API.
Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
4- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432009/100/0/threadednvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26118nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2006/04/office-2003-file-attachment-exploit.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1538nvdBroken Link
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