CVE-2004-0779

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Published Aug 14, 2004 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 2.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:firebirdsql:firebird:0.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.6:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-0777	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.1% (2.109% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Subscriptions

Firebirdsql Firebird

Mozilla Firefox Mozilla

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 12:31 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Aug 14, 2004, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 12:31 AM
Reserved: Aug 13, 2004, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:06 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 18, 2004, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:06 PM

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