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Credit:
The information has been provided by Nils.
The original article can be found at: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-063
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Vulnerable Systems:
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.x
User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page.
The specific flaw exists when moving DOM nodes in between documents with a specific timing while triggering garbage collection. If timed correctly Firefox will incorrectly reference a previously freed object which can be leveraged by an attacker to execute arbitrary code under the context of the current user.
Patch Availability:
Mozilla Firefox has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-25.html
CVE Information:
CVE-2010-1121
Disclosure Timeline:
2010-03-26 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2010-04-05 - Coordinated public release of advisory
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