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MEDIUM

security flaw

Published May 3, 2002

Description

The XMLHttpRequest object (XMLHTTP) in Netscape 6.1 and Mozilla 0.9.7 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and list directories on a client system by opening a URL that redirects the browser to the file on the client, then reading the result using the responseText property.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (7)

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published May 3, 2002
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved May 1, 2002
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date Apr 25, 2002
ENISA EUVD
Assigner mitre
Published May 3, 2002
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Exploited since n/a
EUVD-2002-0351