Secunia Security Advisory - Secunia Research has reported a vulnerability in OmniWeb, which can be exploited by malicious people to spoof the content of websites. The problem is that a website can inject content into another site's window if the target name of the window is known. This can e.g. be exploited by a malicious website to spoof the content of a pop-up window opened on a trusted website.
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TITLE:
OmniWeb Window Injection Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA13418
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/13418/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Spoofing
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
OmniWeb 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/4157/
DESCRIPTION:
Secunia Research has reported a vulnerability in OmniWeb, which can
be exploited by malicious people to spoof the content of websites.
The problem is that a website can inject content into another site's
window if the target name of the window is known. This can e.g. be
exploited by a malicious website to spoof the content of a pop-up
window opened on a trusted website.
This is related to:
SA11978
Secunia has constructed a test, which can be used to check if your
browser is affected by this issue:
http://secunia.com/multiple_browsers_window_injection_vulnerability_test/
The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 5.0.1 (v558.48).
Other versions may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Do not browse untrusted sites while browsing trusted sites.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Secunia Research
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2004-13/advisory/
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA11978:
http://secunia.com/advisories/11978/
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