CVE-2011-3001

Description

Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 6, Thunderbird before 7.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.4 do not prevent manual add-on installation 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 that triggers an unspecified internal error.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.20%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com 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
http://secunia.com/advisories/46315 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14442 vdb entry signature
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-40.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:141 vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=672485
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
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:140 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-3001?
CVE-2011-3001 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-3001?
To fix CVE-2011-3001, 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-2011-3001 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2011-3001 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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