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CVE-2004-0779

The (1) Mozilla 1.6, (2) Firebird 0.7 and (3) Firefox 0.8 web browsers do not properly verify that cached passwords for SSL encrypted sites…

Published 22 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.1%
percentile 82%
Public exploits
0
none known

The (1) Mozilla 1.6, (2) Firebird 0.7 and (3) Firefox 0.8 web browsers do not properly verify that cached passwords for SSL encrypted sites are only sent via SSL encrypted sessions to the site, which allows a remote attacker to cause a cached password to be sent in cleartext to a spoofed site.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.11% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

  • mandriva.com /security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:082 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRAKE, x_transferred
  • mozilla.org /projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#mozilla1.7 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=226278 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/17018 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred

Sources

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