VDB-926 · BID 11470 · SA12717

Maxthon Browser up to 1.1.039 Tabs Browsing Privilege Escalation

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A vulnerability was found in Maxthon Browser up to 1.1.039. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Tabs Browsing. The impact remains unknown.

The weakness was released 10/20/2004 by Jakob Balle with Secunia Research (Website). The advisory is available at secunia.com. The attack may be launched remotely. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available.

The exploit is available at secunia.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at maxthon.com.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 923, 921, 920 and 917.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Disable
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Patch: maxthon.com

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10/20/2004 🔍
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10/21/2004 +1 days 🔍
06/29/2019 +5364 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: secunia.com
Researcher: Jakob Balle
Organization: Secunia Research
Status: Not defined
SecurityFocus: 11470 - Maxthon Web Browser Cross-Domain Dialog Box Spoofing Vulnerability
Secunia: 12717 - Avant Browser Tabbed Browsing Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/21/2004 14:14
Updated: 06/29/2019 17:13
Changes: 10/21/2004 14:14 (58), 06/29/2019 17:13 (1)
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