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A security company has reported two new flaws in the Mozilla Firefox browser that may leave locally saved files vulnerable to outside attacks. Both flaws were announced by SecuriTeam, a division of Beyond Security, this week. The first flaw lies in Firefox’s pop-up blocker feature, according to a SecuriTeam statement on Monday. The browser typically does not allow Web sites to access files that are stored locally, according to the official report, but this URL permission check is superseded when a Firefox user has turned off pop-up windows manually.

As a result, an attacker could use this flaw to steal locally stored files and personal information that might be stored in them. ZDNet India > News > security > Two flaws found in Firefox