War of words over alleged Firefox vulnerability

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Interesting...I don't know, but I suspect...

I suspect the Mozilla guy is right this time. Since the just-fixed vulnerability dealt with exactly this issue, I find it hard to believe that the team did not test this very thing. I am betting that the "proof of concept" will *only* work with the default shipped file, and that once the browser is actually in use, the settings files created for a real user are not going to be accessible through illicit pathways. We shall see, though. If it should prove to be a flaw...my confidence in that team will be undermined, since it would mean a lack of vision/understanding on a vulnerability that they just focused on. I'm hoping the Mozilla guys will show us their quality here.

Posted by: techboy_z   Posted on: 02/11/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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