bugtraq - Re: Firescrolling [Firefox 1.0]

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Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 00:34:04 -0600
From: btrq@...-n.com
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Firescrolling [Firefox 1.0]



Does not work on firefox 1.0.1 n FC3.  first drag of scrollbar opens new
window URL chrome://browser/content/openLocation.xul

No file booom.txt created. 


On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 01:14:57PM -0500, Beauford, Jason wrote:
> That sucked.
> 
> Fortunately:  http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/releases/
> 
> jmb
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mikx [mailto:mikx@...x.de] 
> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 3:11 AM
> To: full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com; bugtraq@...urityfocus.com;
> NTBUGTRAQ@...TSERV.NTBUGTRAQ.COM
> Subject: Firescrolling [Firefox 1.0]
> 
> 
> __Summar
> 
> Remember my Internet Explorer "scrollbar exploit" based on http-equiv's 
> "What a Drag"? When will people ever learn that "unusual user
> interaction" 
> can be hidden by common tasks...
> 
> Let's combine fireflashing, firetabbing, xul and javascript to run
> arbitrary 
> code by dragging a scrollbar two times.
> 
> __Proof-of-Concept
> 
> http://www.mikx.de/firescrolling/
> 
> __Status
> 
> The exploit is based on multiple vulnerabilities:
> 
> bugzilla.mozilla.org #280664 (fireflashing) bugzilla.mozilla.org #280056
> (firetabbing) bugzilla.mozilla.org #281807 (firescrolling)
> 
> Upgrade to Firefox 1.0.1 or disable javascript.
> 
> The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has 
> assigned the name CAN-2005-0527 to this issue.
> 
> __Affected Software
> 
> Tested with Firefox 1.0 on Windows and Linux (Fedora Core)
> 
> __Contact Informations
> 
> Michael Krax <mikx@...x.de>
> http://www.mikx.de/?p=11
> 
> mikx
>