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CVE-2002-2436

The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 4.0, Thunderbird before 3.3, and SeaMonkey bef

The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 4.0, Thunderbird before 3.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.1 does not properly handle the :visited pseudo-class, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about visited web pages via a crafted HTML document, a related issue to CVE-2010-2264.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.00329
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Weakness Classification

CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
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Affected Products & Versions

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mozilla firefox<= 3.6.24
mozilla firefoxall versions
mozilla thunderbird<= 3.1.16
mozilla thunderbirdall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocw2spconf.com · p26.pdfw2spconf.com
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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producthighSQLite Firefox Profile Data DB Access
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Scoring & Timeline

4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Published to NVD07 Dec 2011 · 07:55 PM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2010/03/31/plugging-the-css-history-leak/
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=147777
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/CSS/Privacy_and_the_:visited_selector
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71816
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