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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-11-21T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:19:28.578Z

Reserved: 2002-10-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2002-1204

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2002-11-29T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2008-09-10T19:14:03.290

Link: CVE-2002-1204

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