CVE-2001-0921 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Netscape 4.79 and earlier for MacOS allows an attacker with access to the browser to obtain passwords from form fields by printing the document into which the password has been typed, which is printed in cleartext.

Published: 2003-04-02

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:netscape:communicator:*:*:macos:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-0904	Netscape 4.79 and earlier for MacOS allows an attacker with access to the browser to obtain passwords from form fields by printing the document into which the password has been typed, which is printed in cleartext.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00115.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100638816318705&w=2
http://www.osvdb.org/5524
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3565
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7593

History

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Subscriptions

Netscape Communicator

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:37:07.082Z

Reserved: 2002-01-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0921

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-11-21T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-0921

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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