Title : Greasemonkey Firefox Extension Arbitrary File Disclosure Issue VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-1147 CVE ID : CVE-2005-2455 CWE ID : CWE-
Rated as : High Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2005-07-20
Technical Description
A vulnerability was identified in Greasemonkey, which could be exploited by remote attackers to read arbitrary files on a vulnerable system. This flaw is due to a design error when using insecure "GM_*" functions (i.e. GM_xmlhttpRequest, GM_getValue, or GM_getValue), which could be exploited via a malicious web page to read any file on a vulnerable system or list the contents of local directories.
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