CVE-2003-1492 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2003-1492?

CVE-2003-1492 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 24 Oct 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Netscape Navigator 7.0.2 and Mozilla allows remote attackers to access cookie information in a different domain via an HTTP request for a domain with an extra . (dot) at the end.

Weakness: CWE-59

Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-1492?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Netscape Navigator.

How do I fix CVE-2003-1492?

No fix has been published for CVE-2003-1492 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2003-1492 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-1492 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-11707 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-xwxc-wc23-rvj5.