National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2002-0354
Original release date:06/25/2002
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The XMLHttpRequest object (XMLHTTP) in Netscape 6.1 and Mozilla 0.9.7 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and list directories on a client system by opening a URL that redirects the browser to the file on the client, then reading the result using the responseText property.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0 incomplete approximation):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification
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External Source: NTBUGTRAQ
Name: 20020430 Reading local files in Netscape 6 and Mozilla (GM#001-NS)
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20020430 Reading local files in Netscape 6 and Mozilla (GM#001-NS)
