-=PCTechTalk=- Firefox & IExplorer Security issues
- From: "Dr. Benway" <benwaydr@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 07:46:56 -0700 (PDT)
Here are some stats on Firefox and Explorer - the
source is http://windowssecrets.com/ which took its
info from Scanit's site (see below). Like all stats
use with care and reflection :)
? IE suffered from unpatched security holes for 359
days in 2004. According to Scanit, there were only 7
days out of 366 in 2004 during which IE had no
unpatched security holes. This means IE had no
official patch available against well-publicized
vulnerabilities for 98% of the year.
? Attacks on IE weaknesses circulated "in the wild"
for 200 of those days. Scanit records the first
sighting of actual working hacker code on the
Internet. In this way, the firm was able to determine
how many days an IE user was exposed to possible harm.
When Microsoft released a patch for an IE problem,
Scanit "stopped the clock" on the period of
vulnerability.
? Mozilla and Firefox patched all vulnerabilities
before hacker code circulated. Scanit found that the
Mozilla family of browsers, which share the same code
base, went only 26 days in 2004 during which a Windows
user was using a browser with a known security hole.
Another 30 days involved a weakness that was only in
the Mac OS version. Scanit reports that each
vulnerability was patched before exploits were running
on the Web. This resulted in zero days when a Mozilla
or Firefox user could have been infected.
The Opera browser also experienced no days during
which unpatched holes faced actual exploits, but
Scanit began keeping statistics on Opera only since
September 2004.
To see Scanit's visual timeline of these holes,
exploits, and fixes, visit the firm's Internet
Explorer page.
http://bcheck.scanit.be/bcheck/page.php?name=STATS2004&page=3
On that page, click "Next Page" to see the timelines
for Mozilla, Firefox, and Opera.
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