Another Netscape 4.07 cache reading bug

From: Georgi Guninski (guninskiat_private)
Date: Thu Oct 08 1998 - 19:20:19 PDT

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    I have found a new bug in Netscape Communicator 4.07, 4.05 (probably others),
    which allows reading the user's cache (the URLs the user has visited, including the info in GET forms).
    The bug uses Javascript - a link to 'about:<SCRIPT>...javascript code...</SCRIPT>' does the work.
    
    A demo is available at: http://www.freeyellow.com/members5/guninski/ncache.html
    
    Part of the code is borrowed from Dan Brumleve <nothingat_private>, for better goodies see:
    http://www.shout.net/~nothing/son-of-cache-cow/index.html
    Workaround: Disable Javascript.
    
    Regards,
    Georgi Guninski
    
    
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