Other nomination

Enumerate Windows Users In JS

Sergey Vzloman's proof of concept enumerates local Windows account names from JavaScript by probing Firefox resource:// URLs; the demo tries four accounts and is deliberately noisy. Dan Veditz notes the resource:// issue is fixed in Firefox 2.0.0.4 and 1.5.0.12, but older builds stay exposed, and a few hundred name guesses run quickly.

In the archive

• Nominated for the 2007 Top 10 Web Hacking Techniques

Related sources

• Companion demonstration

Tags

• info-leak
• javascript
• deanonymization
• sop-bypass
• detection
• user-enumeration
• owasp-a01-2021
• owasp-a04-2021
• owasp-a09-2021

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