CVE-2011-3640

CVSS V2 High 7.1 CVSS V3 None
Description
** DISPUTED ** Untrusted search path vulnerability in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS), as used in Google Chrome before 17 on Windows and Mac OS X, might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse pkcs11.txt file in a top-level directory. NOTE: the vendor's response was "Strange behavior, but we're not treating this as a security bug."
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2011-3640
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2011-10-28T02:49:53
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-12T20:15:11
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-426 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 17.0
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.1
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=641052 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://blog.acrossecurity.com/2011/10/google-chrome-pkcs11txt-file-planting.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=97426 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8483 Third Party Advisory
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13154861 Broken Link
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13155432 Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13414 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3640
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3640
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:07:31 Added to TrackCVE
2023-02-12 21:03:34 2023-02-12T20:15:11 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-12 21:03:34 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-12 21:03:34 ** DISPUTED ** Untrusted search path vulnerability in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS), as used in Google Chrome before 17 on Windows and Mac OS X, might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse pkcs11.txt file in a top-level directory. NOTE: the vendor's response was "Strange behavior, but we're not treating this as a security bug." ** DISPUTED ** Untrusted search path vulnerability in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS), as used in Google Chrome before 17 on Windows and Mac OS X, might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse pkcs11.txt file in a top-level directory. NOTE: the vendor's response was "Strange behavior, but we're not treating this as a security bug." Description updated