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# Cross-Origin JavaScript Capability Leaks: Detection, Exploitation, and Defense

**Cross-Origin JavaScript Capability Leaks: Detection, Exploitation, and Defense** - Adam Barth, Joel Weinberger, Dawn Song, usenix.org.

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#  Cross-Origin JavaScript Capability Leaks: Detection, Exploitation, and Defense

Authors:

Adam Barth, Joel Weinberger, and Dawn Song,*University of California, Berkeley*

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BibTeX

@inproceedings {182757,
 title = {{Cross-Origin} {JavaScript} Capability Leaks: Detection, Exploitation, and Defense},
 booktitle = {18th USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security 09)},
 year = {2009},
 address = {Montreal, Quebec},
 url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity09/technical-sessions/presentation/cross-origin-javascript-capability-leaks},
 publisher = {USENIX Association},
 month = aug,
 }

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