Firefox 1.5.0.3 Flaw - Page can obtain path to Mozilla installation or profile by examining JavaScript exceptions

2006.05.27

Credit: milw0rm gmail com

Risk: Medium

Local: No

Remote: Yes

CVE: CVE-2006-2613

CWE: CWE-200

CVSS Base Score: 4.3/10

Impact Subscore: 2.9/10

Exploitability Subscore: 8.6/10

Exploit range: Remote

Attack complexity: Medium

Authentication: No required

Confidentiality impact: Partial

Integrity impact: None

Availability impact: None

if the exception raises in some extension in the user profile and the page can catch path to the user profile and so a remote attacker will know the user login

PoC: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=164547

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