CVE - CVE-2011-2980

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-2980	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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CONFIRM:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-30.html CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=642469 MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2011:127 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:127~~ (Obsolete source) OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14436 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14436 SUSE:SUSE-SA:2011:037 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00023.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2011:0967 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00027.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20110801	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20110801)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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