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Mozilla Products Addon Chrome-Loaded "about:blank" Cross-Context Scripting
Secunia Advisory:	SA26288	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2007-07-31
Last Update:	2007-12-20
Popularity:	14,524 views

Critical:	Moderately critical
Impact:	Cross Site Scripting System access
Where:	From remote
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

Software:	Mozilla Firefox 2.0.x Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1.x Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.x Mozilla Thunderbird 2.x

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CVE reference:	CVE-2007-3844

Description: A vulnerability has been reported in Mozilla products, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the handling of "about:blank" pages loaded by chrome in an addon. This can be exploited to execute script code under chrome privileges by e.g. clicking on a link opened in an "about:blank" window created and populated in certain ways by an addon. Successful exploitation requires that certain addons are installed. The vulnerability is reported in the following products and versions: * Firefox 2.0.0.5 * Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 * Thunderbird 1.5.0.x * SeaMonkey 1.1.3 Solution: Update to the latest versions: Firefox: Update to version 2.0.0.6. http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ Thunderbird: Update to version 2.0.0.6. http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/ Thunderbird: Update to version 1.5.0.13. http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/ SeaMonkey: Fixed in version 1.1.4. http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/ NOTE: With version 2.0.0.6, changes that prevent exploitation of a URI handling vulnerability in Microsoft Windows were applied to Firefox and Thunderbird. For more information: SA26201 Provided and/or discovered by: moz_bug_r_a4 Changelog: 2007-07-31: Updated "Description". Added link to vendor advisory. 2007-08-02: Updated "Solution" section for Thunderbird 2.0.0.6. 2007-10-24: Updated "Solution" section for SeaMonkey. 2007-12-20: Updated Advisory. Added Thunderbird 1.5.x to list of affected products. Original Advisory: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-26.html http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-27.html https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=388121 Other References: SA26201: http://secunia.com/advisories/26201/

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