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Public Exploit Code Targeting Firefox and QuickTime


By U.S. CERT


Sep 14, 2007 - 7:11:03 AM


 

 

 

Public Exploit Code Targeting Firefox and QuickTime

added September 12, 2007 at 04:26 pm | updated September 14, 2007 at 09:02 am

US-CERT is aware of working publicly available exploit code that targets users with Firefox and QuickTime installed. This exploit allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on an affected system.  

More information regarding this vulnerability can be found in Vulnerability Note
VU#751808 .

Until updates are available, US-CERT encourages administrators and users to view only trusted QuickTime movies.

 



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