# CVE-2002-0815: The Javascript "Same Origin Policy" (SOP), as implemented in (1) Netscape, (2) Mozilla, and (3) Internet Explorer, allows a remote web serve

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2002-08-01 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The Javascript "Same Origin Policy" (SOP), as implemented in (1) Netscape, (2) Mozilla, and (3) Internet Explorer, allows a remote web server to access HTTP and SOAP/XML content from restricted sites by mapping the malicious server's parent DNS domain name to the restricted site, loading a page from the restricted site into one frame, and passing the information to the attacker-controlled frame, which is allowed because the document.domain of the two frames matches on the parent domain.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102798282208686&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102796732924658&w=2

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