CVE-2005-4685

Firefox and Mozilla - Cookie Domain Spoofing via DNS Search List Expansion

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Firefox and Mozilla can associate a cookie with multiple domains when the DNS resolver has a non-root domain in its search list, which allows remote attackers to trick a user into accepting a cookie for a hostname formed via search-list expansion of the hostname entered by the user, or steal a cookie for an expanded hostname, as demonstrated by an attacker who operates an ap1.com Internet web site to steal cookies associated with an ap1.com.example.com intranet web site.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15331
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-11/0123.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25291

Scores

EPSS 0.0118
EPSS Percentile 64.3%

Details

Status published
Products (40)
mozilla/firefox 0.8
mozilla/firefox 0.9 (2 CPE variants)
mozilla/firefox 0.9.1
mozilla/firefox 0.9.2
mozilla/firefox 0.9.3
mozilla/firefox 0.10
mozilla/firefox 0.10.1
mozilla/firefox 1.0
mozilla/firefox 1.0.1
mozilla/firefox 1.0.2
... and 30 more
Published Dec 31, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026