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CVE-2002-1204

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2002-11-29 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Netscape Communicator 4.x allows attackers to use a link to steal a user's preferences, including potentially sensitive information such as URL history, e-mail address, and possibly the e-mail password, by redefining the user_pref() function and accessing the prefs.js file, which is stored in a directory with a predictable name.

Affected Platforms

Netscape Communicator

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References