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Konqueror Window Injection Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA13254
Release Date: 2004-12-08
Last Update: 2004-12-13
Popularity: 30,620 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Spoofing
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Konqueror 3.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2004-1158


Description:
Secunia Research has reported a vulnerability in Konqueror, which can be exploited by malicious people to spoof the content of websites.

The problem is that a website can inject content into another site's window if the target name of the window is known. This can e.g. be exploited by a malicious website to spoof the content of a pop-up window opened on a trusted website.

This is related to:
SA11978

Secunia has constructed a test, which can be used to check if your browser is affected by this issue:
http://secunia.com/multiple_browsers_window_injection_vulnerability_test/

The vulnerability has been confirmed in Konqueror version 3.2.2-6. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Apply patch.

Patches for KDE 3.2.3:
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-3.2.3-kdelibs-htmlframes2.patch
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-3.2.3-kdebase-htmlframes2.patch

Patches for KDE 3.3.2:
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-3.3.2-kdelibs-htmlframes2.patch
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-3.3.2-kdebase-htmlframes2.patch

Provided and/or discovered by:
Secunia Research

Changelog:
2004-12-10: Added CVE reference.
2004-12-13: Vendor issues advisory and patches. Updated "Solution" section and linked to vendor advisory.

Original Advisory:
KDE:
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20041213-1.txt

Secunia:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2004-13/advisory/

Other References:
SA11978:
http://secunia.com/advisories/11978/


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