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Internet Explorer 7 Window Injection Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA22628
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Release Date:
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2006-10-30
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Spoofing
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2004-1155 (Secunia mirror)
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This advisory is currently marked as unpatched!
- Companies can be alerted when a patch is released! |
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Description:
A vulnerability has been discovered in Internet Explorer 7, 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:
SA13251
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 7.0 and Microsoft Windows XP SP2.
Solution:
Do not browse untrusted sites while browsing trusted sites.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Originally discovered by:
Secunia Research
Reported in Internet Explorer 7 by:
Per Gravgaard
Other References:
SA13251:
http://secunia.com/advisories/13251/
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