Re: minor browser UI nitpicking

[Christian Sciberras <uuf6429 () gmail com>]

1) Yup, pretty unconvincing. Though one could separate window shadows,
invert the image and create what looks like a seamless background in the
file-upload window.

2) Where is "here"? :)

Cheerio,
Chris.


On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 10:19 PM, Michal Zalewski <lcamtuf () coredump cx>wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> Two minor things that do not deserve a lengthy discussion, but are
> probably mildly interesting and worth mentioning for the record:
>
> 1) Chrome browser is an interesting example of the perils of using
> minimalistic window chrome, allowing multiple windows to be spliced
> seamlessly to confuse the user as to the origin of the displayed
> content. An unconvincing Windows-specific proof-of-concept:
> http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/chsplice/
>
> 2) I reported this to the vendor long time ago, and could not get them
> to commit to a specific fix: Safari allows windows without the address
> bar and other essential chrome, akin to the behavior of other browsers
> circa 10 years ago. This essentially makes all other address spoofing
> vulnerabilities redundant, as the attacker has the ability to decorate
> windows arbitrarily (you can look up ancient proof-of-concept exploits
> for Netscape or MSIE here).
>
> /mz
>
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