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CVE-2011-2980
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the ThinkPadSensor::Startup function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.20, Thunderbird 3.x before 3.1.12, allows local users…
Impact
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the ThinkPadSensor::Startup function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.20, Thunderbird 3.x before 3.1.12, allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging write access in an unspecified directory to place a Trojan horse DLL that is loaded into the running Firefox process.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | through 3.6.19 Versions 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | Versions 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.5 |
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00027.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:127
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-30.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=642469
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14436
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00027.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:127
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-30.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=642469
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14436