A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Mozilla 0.9.2 (Web Browser). Affected is some unknown processing of the component Cookie Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing encryption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-311. The product does not encrypt sensitive or critical information before storage or transmission. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Mozilla does not prevent cookies that are sent over an insecure channel (HTTP) from also being sent over a secure channel (HTTPS/SSL) in the same domain, which could allow remote attackers to steal cookies and conduct unauthorized activities, aka "Cross Security Boundary Cookie Injection."

The weakness was shared 09/16/2004 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at westpoint.ltd.uk. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-0871 since 09/14/2004. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (17417). The entries 22589, 22223, 22225 and 22222 are related to this item.

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• Web Browser

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• Mozilla

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• 0.9.2

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• open-source

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