CVE-2011-2980 | BDVDB-2026-47045 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:127
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-30.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00027.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00023.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14436
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=642469
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.