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Microsoft Internet Explorer Flash File Loading Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability

Title : Microsoft Internet Explorer Flash File Loading Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2006-1218
CVE ID : CVE-2006-1626
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-04-04

Advisory Details

Description

Affected Products

Solution

Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Internet Explorer, which could be exploited by malicious web sites to conduct spoofing and phishing attacks. This flaw is due to an error when loading a Macromedia Flash file (".swf") and a web site in the same browser "window" using the "window.open" method, which could be exploited by remote attackers to spoof the address bar of the browser, causing a victim user to trust the spoofed domain.

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Hai Nam Luke

ChangeLog

2006-04-04 : Initial release
2006-06-13 : Updated Solution

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