Firefox vulnerability -- trojan horse

[der.hans]

Am 28. Jul, 2006 schwätzte Jesus E Zepeda so:

> These are a couple of links I found on this regard:
>
> http://www.betanews.com/article/Trojan_Hides_Itself_as_Firefox_Extension
> /1153934797

The Firefox exploit apparently is an exploit of another virus.

Here's a quote about the first virus, "It is installed using an exploit
for Internet Explorer".

There was a supposedly Firefox exploit earlier that was actually an m$
office exploit that installs a valid Firefox extension.

It appears that both Firefox issues are actually not Firefox issues,
rather they are m$ product issues that attach themselves somehow to
Firefox.

Oh, and they apparently also only affect m$ platforms.

ciao,

der.hans

> http://news.com.com/Trojan+piggybacks+on+Firefox/2100-7349_3-6098615.htm
> l
>
> Regards,
>
> Jesus Zepeda
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tg [mailto:thomas.gozolits at gmx.de]
> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 16:12
> To: plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Firefox vulnerability -- trojan horse
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I recently got the information of a german site that there is a trojan
> horse vulnerability for firefox.
> The attack pretends being a WalMart invoice. The trojan horse will be
> installed as a firefox
> extension (maybe plugin??) and starts to sniff / record all browser
> input like user id and password
> from shopping and online banking.
>
> thanks,
> tom aka gonzo
>
>

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