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CVE-2011-3001

Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 6, Thunderbird before 7.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.4 do not prevent manual add-on installatio

Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 6, Thunderbird before 7.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.4 do not prevent manual add-on installation in response to the holding of the Enter key, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted web site that triggers an unspecified internal error.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.00201
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
Sigma rules1 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

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mozilla firefoxall versions
mozilla thunderbird<= 6.0.2
mozilla thunderbirdall versions
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighSQLite Firefox Profile Data DB Access
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Scoring & Timeline

4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD29 Sep 2011 · 12:55 AM
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Vendor Advisories

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suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10218-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1
usnUSN-1222-1
mozilla-mfsaMFSA2011-40
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00020.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-10/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/46315
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:139
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:140
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:141
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