CVEvulnerability

CVE-2002-1204

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2002-11-29 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2002-11-29
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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.

Affected configurations

• netscape communicator 4.6 • netscape communicator 4.7 • netscape communicator 4.61 • netscape communicator 4.72 • netscape communicator 4.73 • netscape communicator 4.74 • netscape communicator 4.75 • netscape communicator 4.76 • netscape communicator 4.77 • netscape communicator 4.78

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