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Microsoft Internet Explorer "onunload" Event Handling Address Bar Spoofing Weakness

Title : Microsoft Internet Explorer "onunload" Event Handling Address Bar Spoofing Weakness
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2007-0713
CVE ID : CVE-2007-1091
Rated as : Low Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-02-23

Advisory Details

Description

Affected Products

Solution

References

Technical Description

A weakness has been identified in Microsoft Internet Explorer, which could be exploited by malicious websites to conduct spoofing or phishing attacks [...]

References

http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/0713
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-057.mspx

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Michal Zalewski and Jakob Balle (Secunia Research)

ChangeLog

2007-02-23 : Initial release
2007-10-09 : Updated Solution

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