7.5 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
6.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
73.2%
The cert_TestHostName function in Mozilla before 1.7, Firefox before 0.9, and Thunderbird before 0.7, only checks the hostname portion of a certificate when the hostname portion of the URI is not a fully qualified domain name (FQDN), which allows remote attackers to spoof trusted certificates.
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=234058
marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109900315219363&w=2
www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#mozilla1.7
www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_36_mozilla.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-421.html
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16868
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11162