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Mozilla Firefox Download Dialog Spoofing Vulnerabilities

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This thread's last reply is from May 13, 2005, 7:22 PM UTC. Software, malware, and removal-tool advice below may be out of date — treat specific steps and download links with caution.

'KotaGuy
May 12, 2005, 4:24 PM UTC
Secunia Research has discovered two vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox, which can be exploited by malicious people to spoof file types in the file download dialog.

Secunia Advisory here.
'KotaGuy
May 12, 2005, 4:24 PM UTC
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'KotaGuy
May 13, 2005, 7:22 PM UTC
"Mozilla developers say that the browser had security built into the design, but that has not stopped flaw finders from pinpointing problems with Firefox."

Full story here.