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+-   Firefox 3.5's first vulnerability 'self-inflicted'-> on Wednesday July 15, @01:00PM CWmike

Submitted by CWmike on Wednesday July 15, @01:00PM
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CWmike writes "Mozilla has confirmed the first security vulnerability in Firefox 3.5, saying that the bug could be used to hijack a machine running the company's newest browser. A noted Firefox contributor called the situation "self-inflicted" and said it was likely that the hacker who posted public exploit code Monday became aware of the flaw by rooting through Bugzilla, Mozilla's bug- and change-tracking database. The vulnerability is in the TraceMonkey JavaScript engine that debuted with Firefox 3.5, said Mozilla. "[It] can be exploited by an attacker who tricks a victim into viewing a malicious Web page containing the exploit code," Mozilla's security blog reported Tuesday."
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