Description
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1 and possibly other versions, including Mozilla and Thunderbird, allows remote attackers to spoof the URL in the Status Bar via an A HREF tag that contains a TABLE tag that contains another A tag.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Mozilla Suite/Firefox/Thunderbird - Nested Anchor Tag Status Bar Spoofing EDB-25221 · remote · Mar 14, 2005 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- mozilla-save-link-as-dialog-spoofing(19540) vdb-entry
- 14568 third-party-advisory
- 12798 vdb-entry
- 1013423 vdb-entry
- 14885 vdb-entry
- 20050313 Firefox 1.01 : spoofing status bar without using JavaScript mailing-list
- ADV-2005-0260 vdb-entry