CVE-2011-3640

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."

CVSS v2.0

7.1 HIGHAV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

1.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 70th percentile

Published

2011-10-28

Updated

2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• http://blog.acrossecurity.com/2011/10/google-chrome-pkcs11txt-file-planting.html

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2011-3639
• CVE-2011-3642
• CVE-2011-3625
• CVE-2011-3645
• CVE-2011-3612
• CVE-2011-3658