Posts Tagged ‘ code execution ’

Critical vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 3.6

Mar 22nd, 2010 | By

The Mozilla project has confirmed that a vulnerability is present in its latest version of the popular browser Firefox (version 3.6). The vulnerability is defined as critical and could result in remote code execution. Only Firefox version 3.6 is vulnerable. Previous versions of Firefox, and Mozilla’s other products, like the email client Thunderbyte and the SeaMonkey
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New critical vulnerability in Microsoft systems January 2010

Jan 13th, 2010 | By

Microsoft has released their January 2010 Security Bulletin. One bulletin has been released. Affected components include Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, PowerPoint, and Word. The bulletin is rated as ‘Critical’ and carries a potential impact of remote code execution. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install
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