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Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA25469
Release Date: 2007-05-31
Last Update: 2007-06-01
Popularity: 16,030 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Spoofing
Exposure of sensitive information
DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Mozilla Firefox 1.x
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.x

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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Mozilla Firefox, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct spoofing attacks, bypass certain security restrictions, and potentially compromise a user's system.

1) Errors in the JavaScript engine can be exploited to cause memory corruption and potentially to execute arbitrary code.

2) An error in the "addEventListener" method can be exploited to inject script into another site, circumventing the browser's same-origin policy. This could be used to access or modify sensitive information from the other site.

3) An error in the handling of XUL popups can be exploited to spoof parts of the browser such as the location bar.

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