CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-0867

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Mozilla Firefox 0.9.2 allows web sites to set cookies for country-specific top-level domains, such as .ltd.uk, .plc.uk, and .sch.uk, which could allow remote attackers to perform a session fixation attack and hijack a user's HTTP session. NOTE: it was later reported that 2.x is also affected.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to hijack a user's session, potentially leading to unauthorized access to accounts and sensitive data.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Firefox to the latest available version that includes security fixes addressing this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Mozilla Firefox 0.9.2 allows web sites to set cookies for country-specific top-level domains, such as .ltd.uk, .plc.uk, and .sch.uk, which could allow remote attackers to perform a session fixation attack and hijack a user's HTTP session. NOTE: it was later reported that 2.x is also affected.

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