Firefox 36.0.4 addresses Pwn2Own vulnerabilities

The latest version of Firefox is 36.0.4. It was released on March 21 in response to a successful hack against the browser at the recent Pwn2Own contest. The Security Advisories page describes the vulnerability as Privilege escalation through SVG navigation.

In related news, all four of the major web browsers were successfully hacked at Pwn2Own.

About jrivett

Jeff Rivett has worked with and written about computers since the early 1980s. His first computer was an Apple II+, built by his father and heavily customized. Jeff's writing appeared in Computist Magazine in the 1980s, and he created and sold a game utility (Ultimaker 2, reviewed in the December 1983 Washington Apple Pi Journal) to international markets during the same period. Proceeds from writing, software sales, and contract programming gigs paid his way through university, earning him a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) degree at UWO. Jeff went on to work as a programmer, sysadmin, and manager in various industries. There's more on the About page, and on the Jeff Rivett Consulting site.

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