Description
Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.25 and Thunderbird before 3.1.17 on Mac OS X do not consider .jar files to be executable files, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2011-2372 on Mac OS X.
Published: 2011-12-21
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-3625 Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.25 and Thunderbird before 3.1.17 on Mac OS X do not consider .jar files to be executable files, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2011-2372 on Mac OS X.
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Apple Mac Os X
Mozilla Firefox Thunderbird
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:46:02.542Z

Reserved: 2011-09-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-3666

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-12-21T04:02:01.177

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-3666

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2011-12-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-3666 - Bugzilla

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