VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2011-3001

medium
Published 2011-09-29 · Modified 2026-04-29
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
4.3

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
mozilla mozillafirefox4.0
mozilla mozillafirefox4.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox5.0
mozilla mozillafirefox6.0
mozilla mozillathunderbird{"endIncluding":"6.0.2"}
mozilla mozillathunderbird0.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird0.2
mozilla mozillathunderbird0.3
mozilla mozillathunderbird0.4
mozilla mozillathunderbird0.5
mozilla mozillathunderbird0.6
mozilla mozillathunderbird0.7
mozilla mozillathunderbird0.7.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird0.7.2
mozilla mozillathunderbird0.7.3
mozilla mozillathunderbird0.8
mozilla mozillathunderbird0.9
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0.2
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0.3
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0.4
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0.5
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0.6
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0.7
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0.8
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.2
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.3
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.4
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.5
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.6
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.7
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.8
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.9
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.10
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.11
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.12
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.13
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.14
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.2
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.7.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.7.3
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.0
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.2
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.3
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.4
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.5
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.6
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.7
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.8
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.9
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.11
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.12
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.13
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.14
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.15
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.16
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.17
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.18
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.19
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.20
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.21
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.22
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.23
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0_.4
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0_.5
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0_.6
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0_.9
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0_.12
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0_.13
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0_.14
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0_8
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.0
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.0.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.0.2
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.0.3
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.0.4
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.0.5
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.0.6
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.0.7
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.0.8
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.0.9
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.0.10
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.0.11
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.1.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.1.2
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.1.3
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.1.4
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.1.5
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.1.6
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.1.7
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.1.8
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.1.9
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.1.10
mozilla mozillathunderbird3.1.11
mozilla mozillathunderbird5.0
mozilla mozillaseamonkey{"endIncluding":"2.3.3"}
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.0
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.0.1
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.0.2
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.0.3
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.0.4
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.0.5
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.0.6
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.0.7
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.0.8
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.0.9
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.0.99
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.1
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.2
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.3
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.4
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.5
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.6
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.7
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.8
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.9
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.10
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.11
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.12
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.13
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.14
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.15
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.16
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.17
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.18
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.1.19
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.5.0.8
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.5.0.9
mozilla mozillaseamonkey1.5.0.10
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.1
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.2
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.3
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.4
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.5
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.6
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.7
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.8
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.9
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.10
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.11
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.12
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.13
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.14
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0a1
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0a1pre
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.1

References

CWEs

CWE-264

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