CVE-2011-2370
Firefox < 5.0 - Unauthenticated Add-on Installation via xpinstall Whitelist Bypass
Title source: llmDescription
Mozilla Firefox before 5.0 does not properly enforce the whitelist for the xpinstall functionality, which allows remote attackers to trigger an installation dialog for a (1) add-on or (2) theme via unspecified vectors.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-28.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14278
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=645699
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-07/msg00001.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0097
EPSS Percentile
58.1%
Details
CWE
CWE-264
Status
published
Products (47)
mozilla/firefox
1.0 (2 CPE variants)
mozilla/firefox
1.0.1
mozilla/firefox
1.0.2
mozilla/firefox
1.0.3
mozilla/firefox
1.0.4
mozilla/firefox
1.0.5
mozilla/firefox
1.0.6
mozilla/firefox
1.0.7
mozilla/firefox
1.0.8
mozilla/firefox
1.5 (3 CPE variants)
... and 37 more
Published
Jun 30, 2011
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026