Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-25
Privilege escalation through Print Preview
- Announced
- April 13, 2006
- Reporter
- Georgi Guninski
- Impact
- Critical
- Products
- Firefox, Mozilla Suite, SeaMonkey, Thunderbird
- Fixed in
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- Firefox 1.0.8
- Firefox 1.5.0.2
- Mozilla Suite 1.7.13
- SeaMonkey 1.0.1
- Thunderbird 1.0.8
- Thunderbird 1.5.0.2
Description
Georgi Guninski reported two variants of using scripts in an XBL control to gain chrome privileges when the page is viewed under "Print Preview".
This vulnerability exists even if web-content JavaScript is turned off.
Workaround
Do not use Print Preview until you upgrade to a fixed version.
References
Exploit code and details embargoed during the active update period.