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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.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)