Bug 1443336 – CVE-2017-5458 Mozilla: Drag and drop of javascript: URLs can allow for self-XSS (MFSA 2017-11)

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Bug 1443336 - (CVE-2017-5458) CVE-2017-5458 Mozilla: Drag and drop of javascript: URLs can allow for self-XSS (MFSA 2017-11)

Summary:	CVE-2017-5458 Mozilla: Drag and drop of javascript: URLs can allow for self-X...

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

Aliases:	CVE-2017-5458

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Hardware:	All Linux

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Reported:	2017-04-19 02:24 EDT by Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala
Modified:	2017-08-17 01:41 EDT (History)
CC List:	4 users (show)

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Description Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2017-04-19 02:24:49 EDT

When a <code>javascript:</code> URL is drag and dropped by a user into the addressbar, the URL will be processed and executed. This allows for users to be socially engineered to execute an XSS attack on themselves.


External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/#CVE-2017-5458


Acknowledgements:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Daniel Veditz

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