CVE-2011-3640
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-426
Untrusted Search Path
Publication date:
28/10/2011
Last modified:
11/04/2025
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."
Impact
Base Score 2.0
7.10
Severity 2.0
HIGH
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 17.0 (excluding) | |
| cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://blog.acrossecurity.com/2011/10/google-chrome-pkcs11txt-file-planting.html
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=97426
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8483
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=641052
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13154861
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13155432
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13414
- http://blog.acrossecurity.com/2011/10/google-chrome-pkcs11txt-file-planting.html
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=97426
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8483
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=641052
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13154861
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13155432
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13414



