This is a **critical** bug and precludes any use of Firefox on a Linux Mint installation. Exploits for this are live and in the wild. I wrote a simple proof of concept that launches gnome-terminal from your browser:
http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~patrick/Exploit.html -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/890278 Title: sun java outdated To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/890278/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
