CVE-2005-4685

Severity

64%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

81%

Firefox and Mozilla can associate a cookie with multiple domains when the DNS resolver has a non-root domain in its search list, which allows remote attackers to trick a user into accepting a cookie for a hostname formed via search-list expansion of the hostname entered by the user, or steal a cookie for an expanded hostname, as demonstrated by an attacker who operates an ap1.com Internet web site to steal cookies associated with an ap1.com.example.com intranet web site.

Firefox and Mozilla can associate a cookie with multiple domains when the DNS resolver has a non-root domain in its search list, which allows remote attackers to trick a user into accepting a cookie for a hostname formed via search-list expansion of the hostname entered by the user, or steal a cookie for an expanded hostname, as demonstrated by an attacker who operates an ap1.com Internet web site to steal cookies associated with an ap1.com.example.com intranet web site.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.4. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N).

Overview

Type

Mozilla

First reported 19 years ago

2005-12-31 05:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-07-20 01:29:00

Affected Software

Mozilla Firefox 0.8

0.8

Mozilla Firefox 0.9

0.9

Mozilla Firefox 0.9 rc

0.9

Mozilla Firefox 0.9.1

0.9.1

Mozilla Firefox 0.9.2

0.9.2

Mozilla Firefox 0.9.3

0.9.3

Mozilla Firefox 0.10

0.10

Mozilla Firefox 0.10.1

0.10.1

Mozilla Firefox 1.0

1.0

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1

1.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.2

1.0.2

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3

1.0.3

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4

1.0.4

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.5

1.0.5

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6

1.0.6

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7

1.0.7

Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Beta 1

1.5

Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Beta 2

1.5

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 0.8

0.8

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 0.9.2

0.9.2

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 0.9.2.1

0.9.2.1

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 0.9.3

0.9.3

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 0.9.4

0.9.4

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 0.9.4.1

0.9.4.1

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 0.9.5

0.9.5

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 0.9.6

0.9.6

Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.7

0.9.7

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 0.9.8

0.9.8

Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.9

0.9.9

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 0.9.35

0.9.35

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 0.9.48

0.9.48

Mozilla Mozilla 1.0

1.0

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 1.0.1

1.0.1

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 1.0.2

1.0.2

Mozilla Mozilla 1.1

1.1

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 1.1 Alpha

1.1

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 1.1 Beta

1.1

Mozilla Mozilla 1.2

1.2

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 1.2 Alpha

1.2

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 1.2 Beta

1.2

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 1.2.1

1.2.1

Mozilla Mozilla 1.3

1.3

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 1.3.1

1.3.1

Mozilla Mozilla 1.4

1.4

Mozilla Mozilla 1.4a

1.4

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 1.4b

1.4

Mozilla Mozilla 1.4.1

1.4.1

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 1.4.2

1.4.2

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 1.4.4

1.4.4

Mozilla Mozilla 1.5

1.5

Mozilla Mozilla 1.5.1

1.5.1

Mozilla Mozilla 1.6

1.6

Mozilla Mozilla 1.7

1.7

Mozilla Mozilla 1.7 alpha

1.7

Mozilla Mozilla 1.7 beta

1.7

Mozilla Mozilla 1.7 rc1

1.7

Mozilla Mozilla 1.7 rc2

1.7

Mozilla Mozilla 1.7 rc3

1.7

Mozilla Mozilla 1.7.1

1.7.1

Mozilla Mozilla 1.7.2

1.7.2

Mozilla Mozilla 1.7.3

1.7.3

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 1.7.4

1.7.4

Mozilla Mozilla 1.7.5

1.7.5

Mozilla Mozilla 1.7.6

1.7.6

Mozilla Mozilla 1.7.7

1.7.7

Mozilla Mozilla 1.7.8

1.7.8

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 1.7.9

1.7.9

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 1.7.10

1.7.10

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 1.7.11

1.7.11

Mozilla Mozilla 1.7.12

1.7.12

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 1.8 Alpha1

1.8

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 1.8 Alpha2

1.8

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 1.8 Alpha3

1.8

Mozilla Mozilla Browser 1.8 Alpha4

1.8

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