CVE-2006-6985 Information disclosure in n/a
Remote attackers can access restricted cross-domain information in Maxthon browser via crafted object tags, requiring user interaction to view malicious content.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-6985?
CVE-2006-6985 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Feb 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Cross-domain vulnerability in Maxthon 1.5.6 build 42 allows remote attackers to access restricted information from other domains via an object tag with a data parameter that references a link on the attacker's originating site that specifies a Location HTTP header that references the target site, which then makes that content available through the outerHTML attribute of the object, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2006-3280.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-6985?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Maxthon Maxthon.
How do I fix CVE-2006-6985?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-6985 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2006-6985 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-6985 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2cpp-wgf7-gr4j.