Researchers have detected multiple vulnerabilities in popular web browsers like Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.
Following the discovery, the Computer Emergency Response Team of India (CERT-In) have warned internet users to safeguard their systems.
The agency has also advised them to upgrade their browsers.
CERT-In said multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey, which could be exploited by a remote attacker to bypass certain security restrictions, expose potentially sensitive information, gain access, execute arbitrary code and cause DDoS attacks on the affected system.
"A user-assisted remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a crafted website or webpage," CERT-In told PTI.
"Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow [a] user-assisted remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition.
"Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Google Chrome which could be exploited by a remote attacker to cause denial of service condition or execute arbitrary code on the target system."
According to the agency, the browser vulnerabilities are capable of initiating memory corruption, unwanted downloading of files, loss of sensitive information as well as denial of various web services.
The browsers affected include older versions of Firefox versions 27.0, predecessors of Firefox extended support release (ESR) versions 24.3, Thunderbird versions prior to 24.3, SeaMonkey versions older than 2.24 and Google Chrome prior to version 32.0.1700.102.
