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CVE-2011-2980

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.29%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2011-08-18 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.2. It affects Firefox.

CVE
CVE-2011-2980
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.2
EPSS
0.29%
Firefox

Original NVD 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.