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Firefox 3.6 suffers from unpatched "highly critical" vulnerability

A vulnerability has been uncovered in Firefox 3.6.x. This bug is rated as highly critical by Secunia.
Written by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Senior Contributing Editor

A vulnerability has been uncovered in Firefox 3.6.x. This bug is rated as highly critical by Secunia.

Details are sketchy, and there's no official word from Mozilla yet. Here's what Secunia has on the bug:

Description A vulnerability has been reported in Mozilla Firefox, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error and can be exploited to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is reported in version 3.6. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution Do not visit untrusted websites or follow untrusted links.

This vulnerability can allow a hacker to take over a system remotely.

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