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OmniWeb Window Injection Vulnerability Advisory Available in Danish 

Secunia Advisory: SA13418  
Release Date: 2004-12-10
Last Update: 2005-11-04

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

Software:OmniWeb 5.x

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Description:
Secunia Research has reported a vulnerability in OmniWeb, 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 version 5.0.1 (v558.48). Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Update to version 5.1.2.
http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omniweb/download/

Provided and/or discovered by:
Secunia Research

Changelog:
2005-11-04: Updated "Solution" section.

Original Advisory:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2004-13/advisory/

Other References:
SA11978:
http://secunia.com/advisories/11978/



Please note: The information that this Secunia Advisory is based on comes from a third party unless stated otherwise.

Secunia collects, validates, and verifies all vulnerability reports issued by security research groups, vendors, and others.

4 Related Secunia Security Advisories

1. OmniWeb "alert()" Format String Vulnerability
2. OmniWeb Local Domain Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
3. OmniWeb IDN Spoofing Security Issue
4. OmniWeb Dialog Spoofing Vulnerability


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