Internet Explorer 7 Frame Location Handling Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

Internet Explorer 7 Frame Location Handling Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA30851	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2008-06-26
Last Update:	2008-07-09
Popularity:	13,937 views

Critical:	Moderately critical
Impact:	Security Bypass Spoofing
Where:	From remote
Solution Status:	Unpatched

Software:	Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x

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CVE reference:	CVE-2008-2948 CVE-2008-2949

Description: sirdarckcat has discovered a vulnerability in Internet Explorer, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct spoofing attacks. The problem is that it is possible for a website to modify the location of another frame in another window by setting the location to an object instead of a string. This can be exploited to load malicious content into a frame of a trusted website. This may be a variant of: SA11966 The vulnerability is confirmed in IE7. Other versions may also be affected. Solution: Do not visit or follow links from untrusted websites. Provided and/or discovered by: sirdarckcat Changelog: 2008-06-30: Added link to US-CERT. 2008-07-09: Added CVE reference. Original Advisory: http://sirdarckcat.blogspot.com/2008/05/ghosts-for-ie8-and-ie75730.html http://sirdarckcat.blogspot.com/2008/05/browsers-ghost-busters.html Other References: GNUCITIZEN: http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/ghost-busters/ SA11966: http://secunia.com/advisories/11966/ US-CERT VU#516627: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/516627

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