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Netscape Window Injection Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA13402
Release Date: 2004-12-08
Last Update: 2005-05-20
Popularity: 29,467 views

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

Software:Netscape 7.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2004-1160


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.

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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