Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

New Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3 Exploit

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the happens-to-every-browser dept.

An anonymous reader writes "News sources are reporting that a 'killer' new Firefox exploit has been revealed today by FrSIRT who warn that this 0day exploit/vulnerability (as yet unpatched) should be rated as critical. Summary of the exploit: If a user clicks anywhere on a specially crafted page, this code will automatically create and execute a malicious batch/exe file. Proof of concept code supplied by FrSIRT."

4 of 596 comments (clear)

  1. Here we go with the Firefox Vs IE... by distantbody · · Score: 0, Troll

    Firefox has rightly earnt a strong following, but in the proud tradition of the FANBOY, some firefox nuts will probably have an adverse reaction to the news that firefox has a vulnerability, and subsequently die.

  2. Re:Yup - secure... by Gordonjcp · · Score: 0, Troll
    You may care about this, but not the user that doesn't monitor security sites or Slashdot, and just cares if s/he can browse CNN.com properly, and so on.


    Oh, don't be so bloody stupid. What about the poor car drivers who don't know that a red light at a junction means they should stop so they don't get flattened by a truck?

  3. Re:Yup - secure... by cortana · · Score: 0, Troll

    If you had been more polite, I might have had some suggestions. But since you weren't, please fuck off to google.com.

  4. Re:Uh oh! by Nazadus · · Score: 0, Troll

    Puh-leeze.
    Are you telling me you expect a noob to know this?
    How is my grandmother supposed to know of this?
    Why doesn't the little red arrow (update icon) display yet?
    So, as far as I'm concerend -- it's not.
    *tick* *tock*

    --
    "Do or do not. There is no try." -- Master Yoda (Half man, half muppet)