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Mozilla / Mozilla Firefox Frame Injection Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA15601
Release Date: 2005-06-06
Last Update: 2005-07-22
Popularity: 149,594 views

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

Software:Mozilla 1.7.x
Mozilla Firefox 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-1937


Description:
A seven year old vulnerability has been re-introduced in Mozilla and Firefox, which can be exploited by malicious people to spoof the contents of web sites.

For more information:
SA11978

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

The vulnerability has been confirmed in Firefox 1.0.4 and Mozilla 1.7.8. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Firefox:
Update to version 1.0.5.
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

Mozilla Suite:
Update to version 1.7.10.
http://www.mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported in Firefox by:
brainsoft

Changelog:
2005-06-15: Changed CVE reference.
2005-07-13: Updated "Solution" section and added original advisory.
2005-07-22: Updated "Solution" section.

Original Advisory:
Mozilla:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-51.html

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


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