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  Remote vulnerability in high-profile Firefox extensions
Time: 13:57 EST/18:57 GMT | News Source: ZDNet | Posted By: Robert Stein

Today is Firefox Patch Day but even after you install the latest security updates from Mozilla, those browser extensions you use and love could put you at risk of code execution attacks. According to independent researcher Christopher Soghoian (of boarding pass hacker fame), there’s a remote vulnerability in the upgrade mechanism used by a number of commercial Firefox extensions that let an attacker covertly install malware that run within the Firefox browser.

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