CVE-2011-3640

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 3
Modified
Published: 28 Oct 2011, 00:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 23:37

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
38/100
CVSS Score
7.1 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.34% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
2 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

28 Oct 2011, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 23:37
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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."

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.1AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.34%• Percentile: 57%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-426•Untrusted Search Path

    The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control.

Affected Systems

  • Unknown•Chrome

    < 17.0

References (7)