Description
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.
References
- MDVSA-2011:127 vendor-advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-30.html
- SUSE-SU-2011:0967 vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2011:037 vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14436 vdb-entry signature
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=642469