CVE-2011-2372

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.23 and 4.x through 6, Thunderbird before 7.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.4 do not prevent the starting of a download in response to the holding of the Enter key, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted web site.

Category

3.5
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.43%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:139 vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13854 signature vdb entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=657462
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2312 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/46315 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1341.html vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-40.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:141 vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:142 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00020.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-10/msg00002.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=662309
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2317 vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:140 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2313 vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=663899

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-2372?
CVE-2011-2372 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-2372?
To fix CVE-2011-2372, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-2372 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2011-2372 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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