Mozilla Firefox XUL Popup Bug Lets Remote Users Spoof Tabbed Pages
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1019700
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1019700
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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-1241
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Mar 26 2008
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Impact: Disclosure of user information, Modification of authentication information
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Fix Available: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Advisory: Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory
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Version(s): prior to 2.0.0.13
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in Mozilla Firefox. A remote user can spoof tabbed pages on the target user's browser.
A remote user can create specially crafted HTML that, when running in a background tab, will create a borderless XUL popup in front
of the active tab in the target user's browser. The HTML can spoof arbitrary web pages.
Chris Thomas reported this vulnerability.
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Impact: A remote user can spoof tabbed pages on the target user's browser.
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Solution: The vendor has issued a fix (2.0.0.13).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-19.html
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Vendor URL: www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-19.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause: State error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:43:23 -0500
Subject: Mozilla Firefox
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http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-19.html
CVE-2008-1241
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