CVE-2011-3640

N/A Unknown
Published: October 28, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026
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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."

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://blog.acrossecurity.com/2011/10/google-chrome-pkcs11txt-file-planting.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=97426
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8483
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=641052
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13154861
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13155432
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
http://blog.acrossecurity.com/2011/10/google-chrome-pkcs11txt-file-planting.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=97426
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8483
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=641052
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13154861
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13155432
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13414
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

14 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.4%
69th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

apple google microsoft