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Firefox .url Shortcut File Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
General
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The host is installed with Mozilla Firefox browser, that is prone to information disclosure vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The Browser does not properly identify the context of Windows .url shortcut files, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive information via an HTML document that is directly accessible through a filesystem.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Firefox version 3.0.1 to 3.0.3 on Windows.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Firefox version 3.6.3 or later.