Closed Bug 287984 Opened 19 years ago Closed 19 years ago

window-spawning DOS using flash to bypass popup blocker

Categories

(Firefox :: Security, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Security
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 176079

People

(Reporter: mouse_103, Assigned: dveditz)

Details

(Whiteboard: [sg:dos]) 

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050323 Firefox/1.0+
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050323 Firefox/1.0+

I visited this site that cause firefox windows to open many times.... 

http://trake.on.nimp.org


Reproducible: Always
The initial page contains a form that attempts to steal clipboard data from
unpatched versions of IE, and a flash app that spawns a cascade of porn windows.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 176079 ***
Group: security
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Summary: exploit → window-spawning DOS using flash to bypass popup blocker
Whiteboard: [sg:dos]
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