First zero day exploit hits Firefox 3.6

Filed under: Internet, Security, Windows, Mozilla

Security specialists from Russia have exploited a security hole in the Windows version of Firefox 3.6. The recently discovered exploit could let an attacker take control of your PC. The exploit doesn't appear to affect Firefox for Mac or Linux.

The hole is likely to be still open since no updates have been released since the exploit became public. Secunia ranks the problem as highly critical and the Mozilla Foundation has yet to release an official statement - and patch.

It's not clear how widely circulated the exploit is. Extraexploit notes that there was a noticeable increase in the number of Firefox 3.6 crashes on February 12th and 13th. But it's impossible to say whether this was related to the exploit.

Make sure to check for Firefox updates more often since the built-in update checker is very dull. Users with older versions of the Mozilla browser may update to Firefox 3.0.18 and Firefox 3.5.8.

[via The H Security]

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