Mozilla Firefox Lets Remote Users Steal the Focus to Obtain Keystrokes
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1019330 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1019330
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2008-0414
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Feb 8 2008
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Impact:
Disclosure of user information
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): prior to 2.0.0.12
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Mozilla Firefox. A remote user can cause arbitrary code to be executed on the target user's system.
A remote user can create specially crafted HTML that, when loaded by the target user, will shift the focus to capture user input or force the user to upload a file.
hong and Gregory Fleisher reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user can create HTML that, when loaded by the target user, will capture the target user's input.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fixed version (2.0.0.12).
The Mozilla advisory is available at:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-02.html
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Vendor URL: www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-02.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error, State error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 22:45:10 -0500
Subject: Mozilla Firefox
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http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-02.html
CVE-2008-0414
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