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Microsoft exposes Firefox users to drive-by malware downloads
- From: Brian Warkoczeski
- Date: Mon Oct 19 11:52:38 2009
Microsoft exposes Firefox users to drive-by malware downloads
By Ryan Naraine
October 16th, 2009
www.zdnet.com
Remember that Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant add-on that Microsoft
sneaked into Firefox without explicit permission from end users?
Well, the code in that add-on has a serious code execution vulnerability
that exposes Firefox users to the "browse and you’re owned" attacks that
are typically used in drive-by malware downloads.
The flaw was addressed in the MS09-054 bulletin that covered "critical"
holes in Microsoft's Internet Explorer but, as Redmond's Security
Research & Defense team explains, the drive-by download risk extends
beyond Microsoft’s browser.
For the rest of the article, see:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4614&tag=nl.e539
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