[81695] in Cypherpunks
Re: Netscape Bug :)))
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Igor Chudov @ home)
Fri Jun 13 00:32:36 1997
To: whgiii@amaranth.com
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 22:47:03 -0500 (CDT)
Cc: cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
In-Reply-To: <199706130333.WAA05305@mailhub.amaranth.com> from "William H. Geiger III" at Jun 12, 97 10:34:42 pm
From: ichudov@Algebra.COM (Igor Chudov @ home)
Reply-To: ichudov@Algebra.COM (Igor Chudov @ home)
William H. Geiger III wrote:
> Seems that there is a bug in Netscape including the new Communicator that
> will allow a web site to read *ANY* file on your computer. I repeate
> *ANY*, yes Virginia, *ANY* file on your computer.
>
> WebEx user and loving it. :)))))
Do you know if the bug affects Unix versions? How about linux?
And what is the exploit?
- Igor.
