Description
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4, 2.0.x before 2.0.0.8, Mozilla Suite 1.7.13, Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.2 and other versions before 1.1.5, and Netscape 8.1 and earlier allow user-assisted remote attackers to read arbitrary files by tricking a user into typing the characters of the target filename in a text box and using the OnKeyDown, OnKeyPress, and OnKeyUp Javascript keystroke events to change the focus and cause those characters to be inserted into a file upload input control, which can then upload the file when the user submits the form.
Metrics
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-02/0166.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-02/0187.html
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/focusbug/
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-June/046610.htmlExploit
- http://lists.virus.org/full-disclosure-0702/msg00225.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20442Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20467Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20470Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20472Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21532Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27298Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27335Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27383Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27387Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27403Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27414Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1059
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018837
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201516-1
- http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/60eb95b75c76f9fbfcc9a89f99cd8f79.html
- http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/browser-focus-rip
- http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:202
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:143
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:145
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-32.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_57_mozilla.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482876/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482925/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482932/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18308
- http://www.thanhngan.org/fflinuxversion.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-536-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2160Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2162Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2163Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2164Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3544Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290478
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=370092
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56236
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1858
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/535-1/
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00355.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-02/0166.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-02/0187.html
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/focusbug/
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-June/046610.htmlExploit
- http://lists.virus.org/full-disclosure-0702/msg00225.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20442Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20467Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20470Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20472Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21532Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27298Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27335Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27383Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27387Vendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Jun 7, 2006
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified