SMB: Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird sensor.dll Insecure Library Loading
This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird. A successful attack can lead to arbitrary code execution.
Extended 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.
Affected Products
Mozilla firefox
References
BugTraq: 49217
CVE: CVE-2011-2980
URL: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=642469 http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-30.html
Short Name
SMB:FILE:MZ-FX-INSC-LIB-LOADNG
Severity
Major
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
SMB
Keywords
CVE-2011-2980 Firefox Insecure Library Loading Mozilla Thunderbird and bid:49217 sensor.dll
Release Date
01/05/2023
Supported Platforms
srx-branch-12.3
srx-19.3
srx-branch-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.2
srx-branch-19.4
vsrx-19.4
mx-12.3
mx-19.4
vmx-19.4
mx-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.4
srx-19.4
vsrx-12.3
vmx-19.3
vsrx-19.2
srx-12.3
Sigpack Version
3761
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors
Mozilla
CVSS Score
7.2