Avant Browser Dialog Box Origin Spoofing Vulnerability

BID:14012

Info

Avant Browser Dialog Box Origin Spoofing Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 14012
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 21 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 21 2005 12:00AM
Credit: Jakob Balle of Secunia Research is credited with the discovery of this issue. Juha-Matti Laurio <[email protected]> discovered that this issue existed in the Avant Browser.
Vulnerable: Avant Browser Avant Browser 10.0 Build 029
Avant Browser Avant Browser 9.0
Avant Browser Avant Browser 8.0.2
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Avant Browser Dialog Box Origin Spoofing Vulnerability

Avant Browser is prone to a dialog box origin spoofing vulnerability.

An attacker may exploit this vulnerability to spoof an interface of a trusted web site. This issue may allow a remote attacker to carry out phishing style attacks.

Exploit / POC

Avant Browser Dialog Box Origin Spoofing Vulnerability

An exploit is not required.

A proof of concept is available from the following location:

http://secunia.com/multiple_browsers_dialog_origin_vulnerability_test/

Solution / Fix

Avant Browser Dialog Box Origin Spoofing Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

Avant Browser Dialog Box Origin Spoofing Vulnerability

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