---------------------------------------------------------------------- Want a new IT Security job? Vacant positions at Secunia: http://secunia.com/secunia_vacancies/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: OmniWeb Local Domain Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA14985 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/14985/ CRITICAL: Moderately critical IMPACT: Exposure of sensitive information WHERE: >From remote SOFTWARE: OmniWeb 5.x http://secunia.com/product/4157/ DESCRIPTION: David Remahl has reported a vulnerability in OmniWeb, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information. The vulnerability is caused due to an error where a malicious web site can load and execute arbitrary HTML and JavaScript code in context of the local domain. This can e.g. be exploited to disclose the content of arbitrary files via the "XMLHttpRequest" JavaScript component. This is related to vulnerability 8 in: SA14974 The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 5.1. Other versions may also be affected. SOLUTION: A fix will reportedly be released soon. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: David Remahl ORIGINAL ADVISORY: David Remahl: http://remahl.se/david/vuln/001/ OTHER REFERENCES: SA14974: http://secunia.com/advisories/14974/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------