Mozilla Firefox < 1.0rc2 Local File Detection

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 1748

Synopsis

The remote host has a web browser installed that is vulnerable to a information disclosure attack.

Description

Versions of Mozilla Firefox prior to 1.0rc2 may allow a rogue web server to determine the existence of files on the side of the client.

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox 1.0rc2 or higher.

See Also

http://www.mozilla.org/security

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 1748

Family: Web Clients

Published: 8/20/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-0594, CVE-2002-1126

BID: 4640, 5694