Closed Bug 330537 Opened 20 years ago Closed 20 years ago

Unsolicited Hijack of default homepage

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 330536

People

(Reporter: ls, Unassigned)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060111 Firefox/1.5.0.1 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060111 Firefox/1.5.0.1 A security flaw appears to allow hijacking of the default homepage. First noticed since upgrade to 1.5 Browser occassionally opens to alternate location than that set for the default web page. Such as http://www.vh1.com/ Can't see any processes or nasties that might be causing this, but if it is possible to hijack firefox without user acceptance then it ought be stopped. I'm suspecting that this may relate to some sub clause of the Firefox eula I clicked OK to with realising the full implications?? Reproducible: Sometimes
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 330536 ***
Group: security
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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