CVE - CVE-2011-3640

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-3640	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
DISPUTED 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
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:http://blog.acrossecurity.com/2011/10/google-chrome-pkcs11txt-file-planting.html MISC:http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=97426 MISC:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=641052 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13414 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13414 SREASON:8483 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8483 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2012:0030 URL:https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13154861 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2012:0063 URL:https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13155432
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Entry Created
20110921	Disclaimer: The entry 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 (20110921)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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