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CVE-2004-0779

The (1) Mozilla 1.6, (2) Firebird 0.7 and (3) Firefox 0.8 web browsers do not properly verify that cached passwords for

The (1) Mozilla 1.6, (2) Firebird 0.7 and (3) Firefox 0.8 web browsers do not properly verify that cached passwords for SSL encrypted sites are only sent via SSL encrypted sessions to the site, which allows a remote attacker to cause a cached password to be sent in cleartext to a spoofed site.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.00786
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules1 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

3
firebirdsql firebirdall versions
mozilla firefoxall versions
mozillaall versions
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighSQLite Firefox Profile Data DB Access
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD18 Aug 2004 · 04:00 AM
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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://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=226278
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:082
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#mozilla1.7
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17018
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