CVE-2011-2486 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

nspluginwrapper before 1.4.4 does not properly provide access to NPNVprivateModeBool variable settings, which could prevent Firefox plugins from determining if they should run in Private Browsing mode and allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions, as demonstrated using Flash.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.008.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Nspluginwrapper	Nspluginwrapper
Redhat	Enterprise Linux

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:nspluginwrapper:nspluginwrapper:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Package	CPE	Advisory	Released Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
nspluginwrapper-0:1.4.4-1.el6_3	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6	RHSA-2012:1459	2012-11-13T00:00:00Z

No data.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2011-2474	nspluginwrapper before 1.4.4 does not properly provide access to NPNVprivateModeBool variable settings, which could prevent Firefox plugins from determining if they should run in Private Browsing mode and allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions, as demonstrated using Flash.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://lwn.net/Alerts/524725/
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1459.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027757
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702034
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=715384
https://github.com/davidben/nspluginwrapper/commit/7e4ab8e1189846041f955e6c83f72bc1624e7a98
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2486
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2486

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00919}`	epss `{'score': 0.008}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-11-19T11:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:00:34.025Z

Reserved: 2011-06-15T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2011-2486

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-11-19T12:10:48.917

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-2486

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2011-03-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-2486 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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