CVE-2011-2980
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2011-2980 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2011-08-18 18:55:01 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
LocalAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
CompleteIntegrity
CompleteAvailability
CompleteAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0 | preview_release | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5 | beta1 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5 | beta2 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.16 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.17 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.18 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.19 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.20 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.16 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.17 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.16 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.17 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.18 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.19 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.5.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.16 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.17 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.18 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.6.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 3.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 3.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 3.0.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 3.0.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 3.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 3.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 3.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 3.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 3.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 3.0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 3.0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 3.0.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 3.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 3.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 3.1.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 3.1.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 3.1.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 3.1.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 3.1.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 3.1.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 3.1.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 3.1.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 3.1.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 3.1.9 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| 642469 – (CVE-2011-2980) Binary planting potential in ThinkPadSensor::Startup | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.mozilla.org | Patch |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:127 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| MFSA 2011-30: Security issues addressed in Firefox 3.6.20 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mozilla.org | Vendor Advisory |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Mozilla Firefox (SUSE-SA | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| [security-announce] SUSE-SU-2011:0967-1: important: Security update for | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.