[32229] in bugtraq
Re: Internet Explorer and Opera local zone restriction bypass
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (william schulze)
Thu Oct 30 13:25:08 2003
Date: 30 Oct 2003 15:35:50 -0000
Message-ID: <20031030153550.15455.qmail@sf-www1-symnsj.securityfocus.com>
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From: william schulze <was@macromedia.com>
To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com
In-Reply-To: <20031024135303.26267.qmail@linuxmail.org>
All:
Macromedia is dedicated to protecting the security of our customers, and we are taking steps to resolve this issue.
To summarize, the Flash Player stores cookies in a somewhat predictable location (assuming the username can be guessed), and some of the contents are stored as plain text. While this is not in itself a directly exploitable vulnerability, an exploit can be created in combination with a security flaw in the browser. Macromedia will therefore make changes so that browser vulnerabilities of this nature cannot be exploited using the Flash Player.
Once an updated Flash Player is available, we will post the new software and notify both our customers and the BugTraq community with this information.
Any questions can be directed to <mailto:secure@macromedia.com> secure@macromedia.com.
Regards,
-was-
William A. Schulze
Sr. Director
Flash Player Management Team
Macromedia, Inc.
