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A Mozilla team member closed it as invalid, pointing to an online discussion of the bug as a reason why a bug isn’t necessary[0]. Interestingly, this ‘just onc
by rauhl 8y ago
A Mozilla team member closed it as invalid, pointing to an online discussion of the bug as a reason why a bug isn’t necessary[0].
Interestingly, this ‘just once’ attack is why Firefox Accounts are broken as designed: it’s possible for Mozilla to target a user, just once, with malicious JavaScript which steals his Firefox Account password. Mozilla could do this of their own accord, could be suborned by a malicious employee but even more likely could be ordered to do so by any government which has that authority.
0: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1487081#c3 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1487081#c3