Mozilla allows remote attackers to bypass intended cookie access restrictions on a web application via "%2e%2e" (encoded dot dot) directory traversal sequences in a URL, which causes Mozilla to send the cookie outside the specified URL subsets, e.g. to a vulnerable application that runs on the same server as the target application.
Publish Date : 2004-04-15 Last Update Date : 2010-08-21
| Cvss Score |
7.5 |
| Confidentiality Impact |
Partial
(There is considerable informational disclosure.) |
| Integrity Impact |
Partial
(Modification of some system files or information is possible, but the attacker does not have control over what can be modified, or the scope of what the attacker can affect is limited.) |
| Availability Impact |
Partial
(There is reduced performance or interruptions in resource availability.) |
| Access Complexity |
Low
(Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. Very little knowledge or skill is required to exploit. ) |
| Authentication |
Not required
(Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.) |
| Gained Access |
User |
| Vulnerability Type(s) |
Directory traversalBypass a restriction or similar |
| CWE ID |
CWE id is not defined for this vulnerability |
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