PT-2011-3809 · Mozilla · Firefox

Moz_Bug_R_A4 · Published 2011-06-21 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2011-2370

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 5.0

Description The issue is related to the xpinstall functionality in Mozilla Firefox, where the whitelist is not properly enforced. This allows remote attackers to trigger an installation dialog for a (1) add-on or (2) theme via unspecified vectors.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.0, update to version 5.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-2370

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

Affected Products

Firefox

References · 2064

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2370 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2370 · Security Note
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2011-28 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-28.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-07/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0354 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-3302 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-1551 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1937 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25731 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1307 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6812 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-4769 · Note