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Netscape Window Injection Vulnerability Advisory Available in Danish 

Secunia Advisory: SA13402  
Release Date: 2004-12-08
Last Update: 2005-05-20

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

Software:Netscape 7.x

CVE reference:CVE-2004-1160 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Netscape, 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 Netscape 7.2. Other versions may also be affected.

Do you have this product installed on your home computer? Scan using the free Personal Software Inspector. Check if a vulnerable version is installed on computers in your corporate network, scan using the Network Software Inspector.

Solution:
Update to version 8.0.1.
http://browser.netscape.com/ns8/download/default.jsp

Provided and/or discovered by:
Originally discovered by:
Secunia Research

Reported in Netscape by:
Juha-Matti Laurio

Changelog:
2004-12-10: Added CVE reference.
2005-05-20: New version released. Updated "Solution" section.

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

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



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