CERT-In Vulnerability Note
CIVN-2006-0121
Firefox Password Manager Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Original Issue Date:November 27, 2006
Severity Rating: LOW
Systems Affected
Mozilla Firefox 1.x Mozilla Firefox 2.x
Overview
A vulnerability has been reported in Firefox which could be exploited by remote attackers to conduct phishing attacks.
Description
A vulnerability has been reported in Firefox due to failure of Password Manager to notify users before filling in saved user credentials into web forms.
This vulnerability could be exploited by remote attackers to steal sensitive information of users which is automatically filled into forms and conduct phishing attacks.
Workaround
Disable the "Remember passwords for sites" option in the preferences.
References
Original Advisory
http://www.info-svc.com/news/11-21-2006/
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/23046/
Security Focus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21240/info
Disclaimer
The information provided herein is on "as is" basis, without warranty of any kind.
Contact Information
Email: info@cert-in.org.in Phone: +91-11-2436857
Postal address
Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In)
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Government of India
Electronics Niketan
6, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road,
New Delhi - 110 003
India
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