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CVE-2002-1204

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
29/11/2002
Last modified:
03/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.72:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.73:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.74:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.75:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.76:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.77:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:4.78:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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