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Malicious Mozilla/Firefox/Thunderbird/Etc Extension
From: "Andrei Hanganu" <handrei () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:55:12 +0300
I have recently started work on a xpcom component for Firefox, astonished i was by the fact that in an XPI archive file one can include binary libraries (dll/so files) that get auto loaded in firefox via a precise function prototype. The problem is that the code in that component is allowed to do anything the user that runs firefox has credentials to do. Wham i am curious is if there have ever been reported malicious mozilla extensions, and if besides the signing of the addon is there any other way to protect from such addons. Andrei ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This list is sponsored by: Cenzic Top 5 Common Mistakes in Securing Web Applications Get 45 Min Video and PPT Slides www.cenzic.com/landing/securityfocus/hackinar ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current thread:
- Malicious Mozilla/Firefox/Thunderbird/Etc Extension Andrei Hanganu (Jul 14)
- Re: Malicious Mozilla/Firefox/Thunderbird/Etc Extension Steve Friedl (Jul 14)
- Re: Malicious Mozilla/Firefox/Thunderbird/Etc Extension Todd Haverkos (Jul 14)
- Re: Malicious Mozilla/Firefox/Thunderbird/Etc Extension Alexandru Burciu (Jul 28)