PT-2005-5534 · Mozilla · Mozilla Firefox

Yutaka Oiwa · Published 2005-12-31 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2005-4874

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Mozilla version 1.7.8

Description: The issue concerns the XMLHttpRequest object, which supports the HTTP TRACE method. This allows remote attackers to obtain proxy authentication passwords via a request with a "Max-Forwards: 0" header or arbitrary local passwords on the web server hosting this object.

Recommendations: For Mozilla version 1.7.8, consider disabling the HTTP TRACE method to prevent exploitation until a patch is available. Restrict access to the XMLHttpRequest object to minimize the risk of obtaining sensitive information.

Exploit

Fix

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-4874

Affected Products

Mozilla Firefox

References · 4

• 🔥 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=302489 · Exploit
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=297078 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4874 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41553 · Note