[tor-bugs] #5477 [EFF-HTTPS Everywhere]: Critical security vulnerability is caused by HTTPS-Everywhere enabled

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#5477: Critical security vulnerability is caused by HTTPS-Everywhere enabled
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 Reporter:  Drugoy                                    |          Owner:  pde
     Type:  defect                                    |         Status:  new
 Priority:  critical                                  |      Milestone:     
Component:  EFF-HTTPS Everywhere                      |        Version:     
 Keywords:  address spoofing, critical vulnerability  |         Parent:     
   Points:                                            |   Actualpoints:     
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 http://majorsecurity.net/html5/ios51-demo.html

 !^ Here is the demo of address spoofing.

 With HTTPS-Everywhere enabled in latest Nightly - clicking the button
 opens a new tab with "apple.com" address. But this is a spoofed address,
 press CTRL+U to watch the source code of that page.

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