CVE-2005-4874

Severity Score

4.3

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The XMLHttpRequest object in Mozilla 1.7.8 supports the HTTP TRACE method, which allows remote attackers to obtain (1) proxy authentication passwords via a request with a "Max-Forwards: 0" header or (2) arbitrary local passwords on the web server that hosts this object.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 4.3

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2005-12-31 CVE Published
2008-03-28 CVE Reserved
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2024-08-08 First Exploit
2024-11-15 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41553	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=302489	2024-08-08

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=297078	2017-08-08

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla"				1.7.8 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla" and version "1.7.8"		-		Affected