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Firefox Flaw Allows to Steal the User's Passwords
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SUMMARY
Firefox, if allowed, can store usernames and passwords. If you visit a
login page again, the password is then entered automatically. But this
means, that a second, evil page on the same server could steal those saved
passwords.
DETAILS
Vulnerable Systems:
* Firefox version 2.0.0.5 and prior
The method Firefox uses to autocomplete fields allows attackers sitting on
the same site (http://www.mysite.com/mypage) as that were you have stored
your web site (http://www.mysite.com/myotherpage) to capture the password
stored in the Firefox's password storage mechanism.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The information has been provided by <mailto:hardwick.carl@gmail.com>
carl hardwick.
The original article can be found at:
<http://www.heise-security.co.uk/services/browsercheck/demos/moz/pass1.shtml?name=noam&password=noampassword#>
http://www.heise-security.co.uk/services/browsercheck/demos/moz/pass1.shtml?name=noam&password=noampassword#
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