First published: Sat Dec 31 2005(Updated: )
The XMLHttpRequest object in Mozilla 1.7.8 supports the HTTP TRACE method, which allows remote attackers to obtain (1) proxy authentication passwords via a request with a "Max-Forwards: 0" header or (2) arbitrary local passwords on the web server that hosts this object.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Mozilla Mozilla | =1.7.8 |
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