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Maxthon Security ID Disclosure Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA14918
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Release Date:
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2005-04-11
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Last Update:
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2005-04-14
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Popularity:
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7,660 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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System access
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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: | Maxthon (MyIE2) 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-1090
CVE-2005-1091
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Description:
Aviv Raff has reported a vulnerability in Maxthon, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a design error where the security ID of a plug-in is not properly protected from being included and accessed on an external website via the script tag. This can e.g. be exploited to read and write arbitrary files via the "readFile()" and "writeFile()" API functions via directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.2.0 and 1.2.1. Prior versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 1.2.2.
http://www.maxthon.com/download.htm
Provided and/or discovered by:
Aviv Raff
Changelog:
2005-04-14: Added CVE references.
Original Advisory:
http://www.raffon.net/advisories/maxthon/multvulns.html
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