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OmniWeb Local Domain Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA14985
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Release Date:
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2005-04-19
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Last Update:
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2005-07-25
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Exposure of sensitive information
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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: | OmniWeb 5.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2005-0976 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
David Remahl has reported a vulnerability in OmniWeb, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error where a malicious web site can load and execute arbitrary HTML and JavaScript code in context of the local domain. This can e.g. be exploited to disclose the content of arbitrary files via the "XMLHttpRequest" JavaScript component.
This is related to vulnerability 8 in:
SA14974
The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 5.1. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 5.1.1.
Provided and/or discovered by:
David Remahl
Changelog:
2005-07-25: Updated "Solution" section.
Original Advisory:
David Remahl:
http://remahl.se/david/vuln/001/
Other References:
SA14974:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14974/
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Please note: The information that this Secunia Advisory is based on comes from a third party unless stated otherwise.
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4 Related Secunia Security Advisories
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1. OmniWeb "alert()" Format String Vulnerability
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2. OmniWeb IDN Spoofing Security Issue
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3. OmniWeb Window Injection Vulnerability
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4. OmniWeb Dialog Spoofing Vulnerability
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