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Mozilla FireFox Download Manager World Writable File Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
13 November 2009
Mozilla Firefox is a web browser available for multiple operating systems. The application is exposed to a local privilege escalation issue because it uses predictable names when downloading and saving files to the downloads folder.
Ref: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-53.html
09.45.15 - CVE: CVE-2009-3274
Platform: Cross Platform
Ref: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-53.html
09.45.15 - CVE: CVE-2009-3274
Platform: Cross Platform