Title: Netscape Communicator "date:" Code Injection Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
A vulnerability in Netscape Communicator allows sniffing URLs from other windows.
The vulnerability is in the injection of JavaScript code in the JavaScript console using the "data:" protocol. Access to document.links is disallowed in version 4.6, but the document may be read using find().
Affected Products:
- Netscape Communicator 0.0.04.06
- Netscape Communicator 0.0.04.07
- Netscape Communicator 4.0.0
- Netscape Communicator 4.5.0
- Netscape Communicator 4.51.0
- Netscape Communicator 4.6.0
References:
- Georgi Guninski <joro@nat.bg>: "data:" protocol tracking
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