Untrusted search path vulnerability in the ThinkPadSensor::Startup function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.20, Thunderbird 3.x before 3.1.12, allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging write access in an unspecified directory to place a Trojan horse DLL that is loaded into the running Firefox process.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-2948 Untrusted search path vulnerability in the ThinkPadSensor::Startup function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.20, Thunderbird 3.x before 3.1.12, allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging write access in an unspecified directory to place a Trojan horse DLL that is loaded into the running Firefox process.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:22:25.996Z

Reserved: 2011-08-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-2980

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-08-18T18:55:01.523

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

Link: CVE-2011-2980

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