Arbitrary File Reading Vulnerability in XMLHttpRequest (XMLHTTP)

CVE-2002-0354 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

The XMLHttpRequest object (XMLHTTP) in Netscape 6.1 and Mozilla 0.9.7 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and list directories on a client system by opening a URL that redirects the browser to the file on the client, then reading the result using the responseText property.

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