Vulnerability in Apple macOS
CVE-2011-3640
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."
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (71.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 71.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13155432 (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13154861 (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/8483 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13414 (signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- blog.acrossecurity.com/2011/10/google-chrome-pkcs11txt-file-planting.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2011-3640?
- CVE-2011-3640 is a vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Untrusted Search Path. Published 2011-10-28.
- Is CVE-2011-3640 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.