bugtraq - Re: Browser bugs hit IE, Firefox today (SANS)

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Message-ID: <200607042358.k64NwWc9020358@asti.maths.usyd.edu.au>
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 09:58:32 +1000
From: Paul Szabo <psz@...hs.usyd.edu.au>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com, thor@...ypath.com
Subject: Re: Browser bugs hit IE, Firefox today (SANS)


Thor Larholm <thor@...ypath.com> wrote:

> ... reminds me of inconsistencies in how the security context of an 
> object is handled inside Firefox.

Is this a current/outstanding problem? Is there a relevant bugzilla entry?

> However, reading the contentDocument property of the DOM element instead 
> of the through the frames collection will give you a reference to the 
> document object inside the thirdparty domain ...

Sorry, but I cannot follow. Could you please show an example?

Thanks,

Paul Szabo   psz@...hs.usyd.edu.au   http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/
School of Mathematics and Statistics   University of Sydney    Australia