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Mozilla / Mozilla Firefox Window Injection Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA13129	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2004-12-08
Last Update:	2005-03-22
Popularity:	152,558 views

Critical:	Moderately critical
Impact:	Spoofing
Where:	From remote
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

Software:	Camino 0.x Mozilla 0.x Mozilla 1.0 Mozilla 1.1 Mozilla 1.2 Mozilla 1.3 Mozilla 1.4 Mozilla 1.5 Mozilla 1.6 Mozilla 1.7.x Mozilla Firefox 0.x Mozilla Firefox 1.x

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CVE reference:	CVE-2004-1156

Description: Secunia Research has reported a vulnerability in Mozilla / Mozilla Firefox, which can be exploited by malicious people to spoof the content of websites. The problem is that a website can inject content into another site's window if the target name of the window is known. This can e.g. be exploited by a malicious website to spoof the content of a pop-up window opened on a trusted website. This is related to: SA11978 Secunia has constructed a test, which can be used to check if your browser is affected by this issue: http://secunia.com/multiple_browsers_window_injection_vulnerability_test/ The vulnerability has been confirmed in Mozilla 1.7.3, Mozilla Firefox 1.0, and Camino 0.8.2. Other versions may also be affected. Solution: Mozilla Firefox: Update to version 1.0.1. http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ Mozilla: Update to version 1.7.6. http://www.mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/ Do not browse untrusted sites while browsing trusted sites. Provided and/or discovered by: Secunia Research Changelog: 2004-12-10: Added Camino as affected. Added CVE reference. 2004-12-20: Added link to Mozilla bug report. 2005-02-25: Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1 released. Updated "Solution" section. 2005-03-22: Mozilla 1.7.6 released. Updated "Solution" section. Original Advisory: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2004-13/advisory/ Other References: SA11978: http://secunia.com/advisories/11978/ Mozilla Bug 273699: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=273699

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