Netscape Messanger 4.7x mailbox: URL information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Netscape Messanger 4.7x. This affects an unknown function of the component mailbox: URL Handler. This manipulation causes information disclosure. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2001-0745. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Netscape Messanger 4.7x and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component mailbox: URL Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Netscape 4.7x allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information such as the user s login, mailbox location and installation path via Javascript that accesses the mailbox: URL in the document.referrer property.

The bug was discovered 05/30/2001. The weakness was shared 04/09/2004 by 3apa3a as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2001-0745. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 141 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (7417) and OSVDB (5543†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

05/30/2001 🔍
10/18/2001 +141 days 🔍
04/09/2004 +903 days 🔍
04/09/2004 +0 days 🔍
07/09/2014 +3743 days 🔍
06/04/2018 +1426 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: netscape.com

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: 3apa3a
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2001-0745 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0745
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17509
X-Force: 7417 - Netscape Messenger user information retrieval
OSVDB: 5543 - Netscape Messenger document.referrer Information Disclosure

Entryinfo

Created: 07/09/2014 16:49
Updated: 06/04/2018 08:44
Changes: 07/09/2014 16:49 (50), 06/04/2018 08:44 (7)
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Cache ID: 216:662:103

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