CVE-2002-1204 Information

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.

Reference

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0081.html http://www.idefense.com/advisory/11.19.02c.txt http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10655.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6215