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Google Chrome Mozilla Network Security Services Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
General
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
9.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
12 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The host is installed with Google Chrome and is prone to privilege escalation vulnerability
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to an error in the Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) library, which can be exploited by sending Trojan horse pkcs11.txt file in a top-level directory.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Google Chrome version 16.0.912.21 and prior on Windows
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to the Google Chrome 17 or later.