Netscape Communicator up to 4.72 SSL Certificate Warning privileges management
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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Netscape Communicator up to 4.72 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component SSL Certificate Warning Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:
Netscape Communicator before version 4.73 and Navigator 4.07 do not properly validate SSL certificates, which allows remote attackers to steal information by redirecting traffic from a legitimate web server to their own malicious server, aka the "Acros-Suencksen SSL" vulnerability.
The weakness was released 05/10/2000 by Mitja Kolsek as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at cert.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2000-0406. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.
Upgrading to version 4.73 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (4474). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 15537.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.7VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.6
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Communicator 4.73
Timeline
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11/24/2004 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: netscape.comAdvisory: cert.org
Researcher: Mitja Kolsek
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2000-0406 (🔍)
X-Force: 4474
Vulnerability Center: 6059 - Netscape Communicator< 4.73 and Navigator < 4.07 Allow Information Disclosure, Low
SecurityFocus: 1188 - Netscape Navigator and Communicator Invalid SSL Certificate Warning Bypass Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 06/24/2014 16:21Updated: 05/26/2019 17:50
Changes: 06/24/2014 16:21 (60), 05/26/2019 17:50 (3)
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