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 (6)
Core 6
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:127
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-30.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00027.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00023.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14436
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=642469
Scores
EPSS
0.0029
EPSS Percentile
21.3%
Details
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
Aug 18, 2011
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026