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TITLE:
Mozilla Firefox Cross-Domain "location" Object Access Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA50932

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RELEASE DATE:
2012-10-11

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DESCRIPTION:
Gareth Heyes has discovered a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, which
can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to the protected "location" object
being accessible by other domain objects, which can be exploited to
bypass the same origin policy and gain access to sensitive
information.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 16.0.

SOLUTION:
No official solution is currently available.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Gareth Heyes

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Mozilla:
https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2012/10/10/security-vulnerability-in-firefox-16/

Gareth Heyes:
https://www.thespanner.co.uk/2012/10/10/firefox-knows-what-your-friends-did-last-summer/

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