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.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Access Vector
- network
- Access Cmplx
- low
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- partial
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Weaknesses
- NVD-CWE-Other
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- NETSCAPE
- Published
- 11/29/2002
- Last Modified
- 4/3/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
netscape : communicatornetscape : communicatornetscape : communicatornetscape : communicatornetscape : communicatornetscape : communicatornetscape : communicatornetscape : communicatornetscape : communicatornetscape : communicator
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