Mozilla confirms Firefox proof of concept information leak vulnerability
January 30th, 2008 Posted/Linked by Shanmuga
"Mozilla’s security chief Window Snyder has confirmed a proof of concept information leak flaw in Firefox–even fully patched versions. Snyder confirmed the issue in a blog post. The proof of concept vulnerability was highlighted by researcher Gerry Eisenhaur on Jan. 19. In a nutshell, Firefox leaks information that can allow an attacker to load any javascript file on a machine.
Technically, it’s a chrome protocol directory transversal. " - Content courtesy of » Mozilla confirms Firefox proof of concept information leak vulnerability | Zero Day | ZDNet.com
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