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Safari AutoFill Information Disclosure
Secunia Advisory: SA23066
Release Date: 2006-11-30
Last Update: 2006-12-04
Popularity: 9,195 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:Safari 2.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-6238


Description:
A vulnerability has been discovered in Safari, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct phishing attacks.

The vulnerability is caused due to the AutoFill feature is not properly checking the URL before automatically filling saved user credentials into forms. This may be exploited to steal user credentials via malicious forms in the same domain.

Successful exploitation requires that the "User names and passwords" option is enabled in the AutoFill preferences.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.0.4. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Disable the "AutoFill" option for user names and passwords in the preferences.

Changelog:
2006-12-04: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=360493


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