CVE-2002-1204 (GCVE-0-2002-1204)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2002-11-21 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 03:19
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2002-11-19 00:00
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