http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2006/11/severe-firefox-vulnerability-uncovered/ Your source for Firefox, Thunderbird, Camino, SeaMonkey news, tips and more. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:01:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2006/11/severe-firefox-vulnerability-uncovered/#comment-12445 Secure Login : Mozilla Links Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:57:36 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2006/11/severe-firefox-vulnerability-uncovered/#comment-12445 [...] you have entered in a login form before. Though it is nice and speeds things up, it has also proved to be a security weakness due to how Firefox identifies a login [...] [...] you have entered in a login form before. Though it is nice and speeds things up, it has also proved to be a security weakness due to how Firefox identifies a login [...]

]]> http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2006/11/severe-firefox-vulnerability-uncovered/#comment-1363 Firefox Password Manager Vulnerability « Firefox Extension Guru’s Blog Sun, 26 Nov 2006 01:51:48 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2006/11/severe-firefox-vulnerability-uncovered/#comment-1363 [...] As shown in a test case attached to the relevant bug, as long as similar forms are published in the same web site credentials are retrieved. Robert Chapin, the original reporter, encountered this vulnerability while surfing around MySpace.com, the popular social web site. He visited a user’s profile and was prompted there with a web form resembling MySpace’s typical log on form. Since the form was hosted at MySpace, Firefox autofilled the fake form. A glitch in the fake web form alerted Chapin and saved him from a, somewhat trivial in this case, identity theft.” - Mozilla Links [...] [...] As shown in a test case attached to the relevant bug, as long as similar forms are published in the same web site credentials are retrieved. Robert Chapin, the original reporter, encountered this vulnerability while surfing around MySpace.com, the popular social web site. He visited a user’s profile and was prompted there with a web form resembling MySpace’s typical log on form. Since the form was hosted at MySpace, Firefox autofilled the fake form. A glitch in the fake web form alerted Chapin and saved him from a, somewhat trivial in this case, identity theft.” - Mozilla Links [...]

]]> http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2006/11/severe-firefox-vulnerability-uncovered/#comment-1262 Percy Cabello Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:23:28 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2006/11/severe-firefox-vulnerability-uncovered/#comment-1262 Indeed. Hopefully an update will be available soon and it will be relevant again! Indeed. Hopefully an update will be available soon and it will be relevant again!

]]> http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2006/11/severe-firefox-vulnerability-uncovered/#comment-1258 blah Wed, 22 Nov 2006 07:15:31 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2006/11/severe-firefox-vulnerability-uncovered/#comment-1258 Ironic how this comes after your post about how to save passwords in Firefox. Ironic how this comes after your post about how to save passwords in Firefox.

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