CVE-2011-3640

Public Exploit

Description

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."

Category

7.1
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.34%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory google.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13155432 vendor advisory broken link
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13154861 vendor advisory broken link
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8483 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13414 signature third party advisory vdb entry
http://blog.acrossecurity.com/2011/10/google-chrome-pkcs11txt-file-planting.html third party advisory exploit
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=97426 patch exploit vendor advisory issue tracking
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=641052 patch third party advisory issue tracking

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-3640?
CVE-2011-3640 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-3640?
To fix CVE-2011-3640, 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-2011-3640 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2011-3640 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. 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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