CVE-2011-3640

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-3640
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-10-28 02:49:53 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionUntrusted 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."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-426 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Macos - All All All
Application Google Chrome All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Google Chrome pkcs11.txt File Planting - CXSecurity.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com Third Party Advisory
Issue 97426 - chromium - Security: pkcs11.txt file planting leads to remote code execution outside sandbox - An open-source browser project to help move the web forward. - Google Project Hosting af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 code.google.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13155432 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hermes.opensuse.org Broken Link
641052 – (CVE-2011-3640) NSS_NoDB_Init should not try to open /pkcs11.txt and /secmod.db af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13154861 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hermes.opensuse.org Broken Link
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
ACROS Security Blog: Google Chrome pkcs11.txt File Planting af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.acrossecurity.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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