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Serious Vulnerability In Firefox 2.0.0.12

Posted by kdawson on from the that-was-quick dept.

Oh, Not Now writes "Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.12, mere hours old, is vulnerable by default to a directory traversal trick, via the view-source mechanism. Although mitigated by the NoScript plug-in, this is quite a serious bug — the default installation is vulnerable from the get-go."

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  1. Trojan? by 4D6963 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Would that be why I caught a trojan right after installing that version and browsing sites of questionable trustworthiness?

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  2. Re:How come? by HazE_nMe · · Score: 0, Troll

    With a UIN as low as yours I will go ahead and assume that you are not new here.
    Perhaps in your old age you forgot what site you were on?

  3. Re:* Stops download of newest Firefox * by HartDev · · Score: 0, Troll

    Nothing is safe anymore! Oh well maybe I will keep my social number in my drawer or something. Plus Opera is a pretty slick browser.

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