View Full Version : Firefox Popup Blocker Allows Reading Arbitrary Local Files


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02-07-2007, 02:13 PM
There is an interesting vulnerability in the default behavior of Firefox built-in popup blocker. This vulnerability, coupled with an additional trick, allows the attacker to read arbitrary user-accessible files on the system, and thus steal some fairly sensitive information.

SecuriTeam (http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5JP051FKKE.html)