18. Web Browser Fuzzing: Automation
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—George W. Bush, Washington, DC, December 20, 2000
In Chapter 17, “Web Browser Fuzzing,” we discussed a number of web browser aspects along with their “fuzzability.” An increased interest in browser fuzzing has led to the creation of a number of fuzzing tools and an even greater number of vulnerabilities affecting the most popular browsers in use today, such as Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer. In this chapter, we cover the requirements for constructing an ActiveX fuzzer. Even though exploitation is limited to Internet Explorer, and a few ActiveX fuzzers ...
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