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Mozilla / Mozilla Firefox Download Dialog Source Spoofing
Secunia Advisory: SA13599
Release Date: 2005-01-04
Last Update: 2005-03-22
Popularity: 81,065 views

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

Software:Mozilla 1.7.x
Mozilla Firefox 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-0585


Description:
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Mozilla / Mozilla Firefox, which can be exploited by malicious people to spoof the source displayed in the Download Dialog box.

The problem is that long sub-domains and paths aren't displayed correctly, which therefore can be exploited to obfuscate what is being displayed in the source field of the Download Dialog box.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in Mozilla 1.7.3 for Linux, Mozilla 1.7.5 for Windows, and Mozilla Firefox 1.0. 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/

Provided and/or discovered by:
Jakob Balle, Secunia Research.

Changelog:
2005-02-25: Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1 released. Updated "Solution" section.
2005-03-02: Added CVE reference.
2005-03-22: Mozilla 1.7.6 released. Updated "Solution" section.

Original Advisory:
Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2004-15/advisory/

Other References:
Bugzilla #275417:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=275417


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