Unpatched input validation flaw in Firefox 2.0.0.4

Firefox 2.0.0.4 contains a fix for a directory traversal vulnerability that allowed you to read local files through the resource protocol. However, the patch only partially fixed the vulnerability on Windows systems and accidentally circumvents an existing input validation check. The net result i...

Firefox 0day local file reading

Firefox 0day local file reading By Thor Larholm RSnake mentioned a potential way to read security sensitive configuration settings from Firefox on ha.ckers.org, with an example PoC from Sergey Vzloman that used the resource:// URL protocol handler in Firefox. Unfortunately, the settings that were...

CVE-1999-0967: Undefined Security Weakness

Buffer overflow in the HTML library used by Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, and Windows Explorer via the res: local resource protocol...