COMMAND
Netscape Communicator
SYSTEMS AFFECTED
Netscape Communicator 4.51
PROBLEM
Georgi Guninski found following. There is a bug in Netscape
Communicator 4.51,4.5/Win95, 4.08/WinNT (probably others?), which
allows sniffing URLs from another window. The exploit uses the
ability to execute JavaScript code from specially designed URLs in
the javascript console window, when an error is deliberately
invoked. Demonstration and source is available at:
http://www.nat.bg/~joro/b11.html
(The exploit does not work if you are behind some versions of a
squid proxy. If you do not see your URL in a message box, try
reloading the main page).
SOLUTION
Workaround: Disable JavaScript.