279529 - JavaScript can close firefox window without warning user

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 266371

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Omid]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0

Deatils about this bug is located here:
http://www.javascript.nu/firefoxexploit.shtml


In short form, this will close the browser Window:
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="javascript">
<!--
//   Script to close browser - NN3, NN4, Firefox 1.0.
//   By Omid Rouhani at www.JavaScript.nu

//Make current window "_top"
window.top.open("","_top");
//User will not be asked before closing
window.top.close();

//-->
</SCRIPT>




Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. See description.
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Actual Results:  
Firefox window was closed.

Expected Results:  
Ask user if window shall be closed or not.

Comment 1

[Johnny Stenback (:jst)]

Dupe.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 266371 ***