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Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2015-25

Local files or privileged URLs in pages can be opened into new tabs

Announced
February 24, 2015
Reporter
Armin Ebert
Impact
Moderate
Products
Firefox, SeaMonkey
Fixed in
  • Firefox 36
  • SeaMonkey 2.33

Description

Security researcher Armin Ebert reported that opening hyperlinks on a page with the mouse and specific keyboard key combinations could allow a Chrome privileged URL to be opened without context restrictions being preserved. This could also allow for local files or resources from a known location to be opened with local privileges, bypassing security protections.

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