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  • Firefox phishing vulnerability discovered

    01/05/2005 10:21:20 AM PST · by ShadowAce · 59 replies · 914+ views
    ZDNet UK ^ | 05 January 2005 | Ingrid Marson
    A newly discovered flaw in Firefox could allow cybercriminals to take advantage of Web surfers A vulnerability in Firefox could make users of the open source browser more likely to fall for phishing scams. The flaw in Mozilla Firefox 1.0, details of which were published by Secunia on Tuesday, allows malicious hackers to spoof the URL in the download dialog box which pops up when a Firefox user tries to download an item from a Web site. This flaw is caused by the dialog box incorrectly displaying long sub-domains and paths, which can be exploited to conceal the actual source...