A vulnerability has been identified in Mozilla Firefox, which could be exploited by attackers to gain knowledge of sensitive information. This issue is caused by an error when handling internet shortcuts (.url) loaded by HTML pages, which could allow attackers to disclose certain information from the cache by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted file.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Liu Die Yu.
ChangeLog
2008-10-15 : Initial release
2008-11-13 : Updated Solution
Vulnerability Management
Subscribe to FrSIRT VNS and receive real-time e-mail and SMS alerts when new vulnerabilities, exploits, or patches relevant to your systems and network configurations are available.
Feedback
If you have additional information or corrections for this security advisory please submit them via our contact form or by email to updates@frsirt.com.
French
