CVE-2011-2370

N/A Unknown

Published: June 30, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-07/msg00001.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-28.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=645699

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14278

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-07/msg00001.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-28.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=645699

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14278

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

N/A / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

1.0%

58th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

Affected Vendors

mozilla

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