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CVE-2005-4685
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
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.
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox: 0.8, 0.9, 0.9-rc, 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.9.3 (+13)
- Mozilla: 0.8, 0.9.2, 0.9.2.1, 0.9.3, 0.9.4, 0.9.4.1 (+54)
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-11/0123.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15331
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25291
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-11/0123.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15331
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25291
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