CVE Catalog

CVE-2003-0594

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Mozilla allows remote attackers to bypass intended cookie access restrictions on a web application via "%2e%2e" (encoded dot dot) directory traversal sequences in a URL, which causes Mozilla to send the cookie outside the specified URL subsets.

Risk Assessment

Attackers may gain access to application cookies, potentially leading to session hijacking or other attacks on the application running on the same server.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Mozilla browser to the latest version and implement appropriate security measures at the web application level to minimize the risk of directory traversal attacks.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Mozilla allows remote attackers to bypass intended cookie access restrictions on a web application via "%2e%2e" (encoded dot dot) directory traversal sequences in a URL, which causes Mozilla to send the cookie outside the specified URL subsets, e.g. to a vulnerable application that runs on the same server as the target application.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS