CVE-2002-0354

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

The XMLHttpRequest object (XMLHTTP) in Netscape 6.1 and Mozilla 0.9.7 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and list directories on a client system by opening a URL that redirects the browser to the file on the client, then reading the result using the responseText property.

The XMLHttpRequest object (XMLHTTP) in Netscape 6.1 and Mozilla 0.9.7 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and list directories on a client system by opening a URL that redirects the browser to the file on the client, then reading the result using the responseText property.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 22 years ago

2002-06-25 04:00:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-10-18 02:19:00

Affected Software

Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.7

0.9.7

Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.9

0.9.9

Netscape Netscape 6.1

6.1

Netscape Netscape 6.2

6.2

References

20020430 Reading local files in Netscape 6 and Mozilla (GM#001-NS)

20020430 Reading local files in Netscape 6 and Mozilla (GM#001-NS)

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