FKIE_CVE-2011-3640

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2011-10-28 02:49 - Updated: 2025-04-11 00:51
Severity ?
Summary
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."
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://blog.acrossecurity.com/2011/10/google-chrome-pkcs11txt-file-planting.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=97426Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/8483Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=641052Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13154861Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttps://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13155432Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13414Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blog.acrossecurity.com/2011/10/google-chrome-pkcs11txt-file-planting.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=97426Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8483Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=641052Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13154861Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13155432Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13414Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
google chrome *
apple macos -
microsoft windows -

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      "value": "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\u0027s response was \"Strange behavior, but we\u0027re not treating this as a security bug.\""
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  "lastModified": "2025-04-11T00:51:21.963",
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