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Second Life URI Handler Registration Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA26845
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Release Date:
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2007-09-18
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Last Update:
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2007-09-20
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Popularity:
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4,927 views
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Critical:
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Less 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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Unpatched
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| Software: | Second Life 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-4960
CVE-2007-4961
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Description:
pdp has reported a vulnerability in Second Life, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose certain sensitive information.
The problem is that SecondLife registers the "secondlife://" URI handler and allows invoking SecondLife with arbitrary command line arguments. Using e.g. the "-autologin" and "-loginuri" parameters, it is possible to gain knowledge of e.g. a user's username and password hash by specifying a malicious server.
Successful exploitation requires that a user e.g. is tricked into visiting a malicious website.
Solution:
Do not browse untrusted websites.
Provided and/or discovered by:
pdp
Changelog:
2007-09-20: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/ie-pwns-secondlife
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