CVE-2005-4874

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 None

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2005-4874

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2005-12-31T05:00:00

Last Modified Date
2017-08-08T01:29:01

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-94	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/94.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.8:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
4.3

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
2.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
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

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4874
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4874

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 09:09:37				Added to TrackCVE