CVE-2002-2436
What it is
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.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 1.1% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 4.3 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 1.1% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-200 · Information exposure
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Mozilla Firefox ≤ 3.6.24
- Mozilla Firefox 3.0
- Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1
- Mozilla Firefox 3.0.2
- Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3
- Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4
- Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5
- Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6
Attack profile CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Medium
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Is it in your code?
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References
- http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2010/03/31/plugging-the-css-history-leak/
- http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=147777
- http://w2spconf.com/2010/papers/p26.pdf
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en/CSS/Privacy_and_the_:visited_selector
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71816
- http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2010/03/31/plugging-the-css-history-leak/
- http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=147777
- http://w2spconf.com/2010/papers/p26.pdf
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en/CSS/Privacy_and_the_:visited_selector
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71816