Vulnerability CVE-2002-1204


Published: 2002-11-29   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Netscape -> Communicator 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6215
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10655.php
http://www.idefense.com/advisory/11.19.02c.txt
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0081.html

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