Microsoft & Mozilla: JavaScript error is not too dangerous

Microsoft and Mozilla confirmed that the new vulnerability discovered in their web browser could be exploited by hackers to steal information. However, it is very difficult to exploit.

Security experts have discovered that Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox and some other Mozilla browsers have security flaws in the way JavaScript handles events. Hackers can take advantage of this security hole to secretly download files, steal user information .

But to be able to exploit this security hole, there must be a lot of interaction with the victim. Therefore, Microsoft and Mozilla do not think that this security error is really dangerous, so the developers will not need to rush to fix. Instead, both Microsoft and Mozilla will fix the bug in the next version of the browser, but it is not clear which version of the upgrade it is and when it will come out.

" This security vulnerability does not allow malicious hackers to execute code on a victim's system that requires an appropriate interaction from the victim. These interactions can lead to consequences. Microsoft has planned to fix this security bug in the next version of Internet Explorer , "said a Microsoft representative.

Mike Schroepfer, vice president of engineering at Mozilla, agrees with Microsoft's view. " This is just a relatively low security issue because it requires a lot of user intervention while not allowing remote code execution. However, we don't never overlooked this problem and still tried to fix it in the next version of Firefox ".

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