Firefox Password Manager Information Disclosure
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23046
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23046/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information
WHERE:
From remote
SOFTWARE:
Mozilla Firefox 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/12434/
Mozilla Firefox 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/4227/
DESCRIPTION:
Robert Chapin has discovered a vulnerability in Firefox, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct phishing attacks.
The vulnerability is caused due to the Password Manager not properly
checking the URL before automatically filling in saved user
credentials into forms. This may be exploited to steal user
credentials via malicious forms in the same domain.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.0.0. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Disable the "Remember passwords for sites" option in the preferences.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Robert Chapin
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.info-svc.com/news/11-21-2006/
OTHER REFERENCES:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=360493
UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.8.0.8) Gecko/20061025 Firefox/1.5.0.8
