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CVE-2011-3640 Details

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."

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://blog.acrossecurity.com/2011/10/google-chrome-pkcs11txt-file-planting.html CVEExploitThird Party Advisory
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=97426 CVEExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=641052 CVEIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8483 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13154861 CVEBroken Link

see all 14 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-426Untrusted Search Path[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
google chrome
< 17.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
apple macos
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
microsoft windows
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

14 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-3640
NVD Published Date:
Oct 28, 2011
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2011-3640 Details - Not Deferred