CVEvulnerability
CVE-2005-4874
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2005-12-31
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
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.
Affected configurations
• mozilla mozilla 1.7.8
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=297078 Patch
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=302489 Exploit, Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41553 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=297078 Patch
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=302489 Exploit, Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41553 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com