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Microsoft Internet Explorer Window Injection Vulnerability

Secunia Advisory:	SA13251
Release Date:	2004-12-08
Last Update:	2004-12-10

Critical:	Moderately critical
Impact:	Spoofing
Where:	From remote
Solution Status:	Unpatched

Software:	Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x

CVE reference:	CVE-2004-1155 (Secunia mirror)

	This advisory is currently marked as unpatched! - Companies can be alerted when a patch is released!

Description: Secunia Research has reported a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, 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: SA11966 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 on a fully patched system with Internet Explorer 6.0 and Microsoft Windows XP SP1/SP2. Solution: Do not browse untrusted sites while browsing trusted sites. Provided and/or discovered by: Secunia Research Changelog: 2004-12-10: Added CVE reference. Original Advisory: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2004-13/advisory/ Other References: SA11966: http://secunia.com/advisories/11966/



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