Thursday, July 12th 2007
Incompatibility Between Firefox and Internet Explorer Causes Security Hole
If both IE and Firefox version 2.0, or later are loaded on a persons computer a zero day security hole may occur.
The trouble begins when visiting a site with malicious content while using IE. The site then registers a "firefoxurl://" URI (uniform resource identifier) handler, that gives access to that site and allows it to interact with IE.
The Security researcher named Thor Larholm who discovered the Security Hole and Symantec put much of the blame on IE, while Secunia's chief technology researcher named Thomas Kristensen, blamed FireFox for this Security Issue.
Source : Zdnet
The trouble begins when visiting a site with malicious content while using IE. The site then registers a "firefoxurl://" URI (uniform resource identifier) handler, that gives access to that site and allows it to interact with IE.
The Security researcher named Thor Larholm who discovered the Security Hole and Symantec put much of the blame on IE, while Secunia's chief technology researcher named Thomas Kristensen, blamed FireFox for this Security Issue.
Source : Zdnet
37 Comments on Incompatibility Between Firefox and Internet Explorer Causes Security Hole
What i mean is that since IE is a part of Windows and Mozilla makes a windows browser they should take everything under account. Am i wrong ?
Yes, you could stop the car from going through the intersection, but the semi is still going to run the red light.