Bug 188838 - CVE-2006-1729 File stealing by changing input type
Summary: CVE-2006-1729 File stealing by changing input type
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: firefox
Version: 4.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
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Assignee: Christopher Aillon
QA Contact:
URL:
Whiteboard: reported=20060412,source=mozilla,emba...
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-04-13 03:34 UTC by Josh Bressers
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version: RHSA-2006-0328
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2006-04-25 13:48:49 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2006:0328 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: firefox security update 2006-04-14 04:00:00 UTC

Description Josh Bressers 2006-04-13 03:34:36 UTC 
File stealing by changing input type


Claus Jørgensen reports that a text input box can be pre-filled with a
filename  and then turned into a file-upload control with the contents
intact, allowing a malicious website the ability to steal any local file
whose name they can guess.

Jesse Ruderman reports a variation, changing the type of the input control
in an event handler to work around some of the initial checks.

Workaround

Upgrade to fixed version.

References

[1]https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=325947
[2]https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=328566
Comment 3 Josh Bressers 2006-04-14 15:08:16 UTC 
Lifting embargo
Comment 4 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-04-14 15:51:48 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0328.html
Comment 5 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-04-25 13:48:49 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0328.html
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