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Mozilla Firefox "_blank" Phishing Weakness
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA24153
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Release Date:
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2007-02-19
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Last Update:
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2008-05-28
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Popularity:
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13,896 views
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Critical:
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Not 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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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Mozilla Firefox 2.0.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-1004
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Description:
Michal Zalewski has discovered a weakness in Firefox, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct phishing attacks.
The weakness is caused due to Firefox allowing scripts to open a tab with a blank address bar and add arbitrary content to it. This can further be exploited to spoof the user interface, including setting the title to an arbitrary value.
The weakness is confirmed in version 2.0.0.1. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 2.0.0.4 or later.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Michal Zalewski
Changelog:
2007-02-22: Added CVE reference.
2008-05-28: Updated "Solution" and "Original Advisory" sections.
Original Advisory:
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-02/0324.html
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=370555
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