CVE-2011-3666

N/A Unknown
Published: December 21, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.25 and Thunderbird before 3.1.17 on Mac OS X do not consider .jar files to be executable files, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2011-2372 on Mac OS X.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-59.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026445
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026447
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=704622
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14831
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-59.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026445
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026447
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=704622
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14831
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

10 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.0%
60th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

Affected Vendors

mozilla apple

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