CVE-2011-3640

High

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."

SeverityHigh

CVSS7.1

Exploit probability—

Product

Google Chrome

PublishedOct 28, 2011

First seenOct 28, 2011

How to fix

Update

google chrome17.0 or later

Vendor advisories

hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13155432
hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13154861

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
google chrome	v < 17.0	17.0

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