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Opera Window Injection Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA13253
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Release Date:
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2004-12-08
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Last Update:
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2005-06-16
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Popularity:
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55,763 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Spoofing
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Opera 7.x
Opera 8.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2004-1157
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Description:
Secunia Research has reported a vulnerability in Opera, which can be exploited by malicious people to spoof the content of web sites.
The problem is that a web site 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 web site to spoof the content of a pop-up window opened on a trusted web site.
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 Opera versions 7.54 and 8.0. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 8.01.
http://www.opera.com/download/
Provided and/or discovered by:
Secunia Research
Changelog:
2004-12-10: Added CVE reference.
2004-12-13: Added information about Security update 7.54u1.
2005-02-22: Added information about Security update 7.54u2.
2005-03-07: Updated advisory.
2005-06-16: Added Opera 8 as affected. Updated description and solution.
Original Advisory:
Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2004-13/advisory/
Opera Software:
http://www.opera.com/support/search/supsearch.dml?index=782
Other References:
SA11978:
http://secunia.com/advisories/11978/
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