CVE-2002-1204

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

Netscape Communicator 4.x allows attackers to use a link to steal a user's preferences, including potentially sensitive information such as URL history, e-mail address, and possibly the e-mail password, by redefining the user_pref() function and accessing the prefs.js file, which is stored in a directory with a predictable name.

Netscape Communicator 4.x allows attackers to use a link to steal a user's preferences, including potentially sensitive information such as URL history, e-mail address, and possibly the e-mail password, by redefining the user_pref() function and accessing the prefs.js file, which is stored in a directory with a predictable name.

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

Overview

Type

Netscape Communicator

First reported 22 years ago

2002-11-29 05:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-10 19:14:00

Affected Software

Netscape Communicator 4.6

4.6

Netscape Communicator 4.7

4.7

Netscape Communicator 4.61

4.61

Netscape Communicator 4.72

4.72

Netscape Communicator 4.73

4.73

Netscape Communicator 4.74

4.74

Netscape Communicator 4.75

4.75

Netscape Communicator 4.76

4.76

Netscape Communicator 4.77

4.77

Netscape Communicator 4.78

4.78

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