CVE-2011-3001

N/A Unknown
Published: September 29, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 6, Thunderbird before 7.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.4 do not prevent manual add-on installation in response to the holding of the Enter key, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted web site that triggers an unspecified internal error.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00020.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-10/msg00002.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/46315
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:139
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:140
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:141
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:142
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-40.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=672485
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14442
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00020.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-10/msg00002.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/46315
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:139
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:140
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:141
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:142
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-40.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=672485
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14442
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.0%
59th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

Affected Vendors

mozilla

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