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Alert !! Critical Flaws Open Up Firefox 2.0x To Attack
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Posted by dan on: 2008-07-04 15:54:45 Article Viewed :
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Secunia researchers detected numerous security vulnerabilities in the Mozilla Firefox 2.0x Web browser, many of which enable malicious attackers to hack into vulnerable systems and either shut down or take complete control of a user's computer.
Researchers at Secunia, a Copenhagen, Denmark-based security company specializing in vulnerability assessment and management, issued a security advisory Wednesday, warning users of multiple errors they deemed "highly critical."
If exploited, the critical vulnerabilities could potentially allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting and spoofing attacks, bypass security restrictions, disclose sensitive or system information, potentially compromise a user's system, access a user's system or launch a denial of service attack, according to the advisory.
In order for the attack to be successful, a hacker would have to entice or trick a user into viewing a malicious Web page or downloading a file infected with malicious code. However, users are only susceptible to exploitation if they're running versions prior to 2.0.0.15, the advisory warned.
Source CRN
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