CVE-2011-3866

Mozilla Firefox before 7.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.4 do not properly restrict availability of motion data events, which makes it easier for remote attackers to read keystrokes by leveraging JavaScript code running in a background tab...

CVE-2011-3866

CVE-2011-3866 affects Mozilla Firefox prior to 7.0 and SeaMonkey prior to 2.4, where motion data events were not properly restricted. The underlying issue is an improper restriction of motion data events, enabling a remote attacker to read keystrokes via JavaScript running in a background tab. Ex...

Inferring keystrokes from motion data — Mozilla

University of California, Davis researchers Liang Cai and Hao Chen presented a paper at the 2011 USENIX HotSec workshop on inferring keystrokes from device motion data on mobile devices. Web pages can now receive data similar to the apps studied in that paper and likely present a similar risk. We...