Vulnerability CVE-2005-4874
Published: 2005-12-31   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The XMLHttpRequest object in Mozilla 1.7.8 supports the HTTP TRACE method, which allows remote attackers to obtain (1) proxy authentication passwords via a request with a "Max-Forwards: 0" header or (2) arbitrary local passwords on the web server that hosts this object.

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Mozilla -> Mozilla 

 References:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=297078
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=302489
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41553
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