Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 28, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2011-3640

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS), as used in Google Chrome before 17 on Windows and Mac OS X, might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse pkcs11.txt file in a top-level directory. NOTE: the vendor's response was "Strange behavior, but we're not treating this as a security bug."

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Affected products

Google/Chrome2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <17.0
- (no CPE)range: <17
Mozilla Corporation/Network Security Servicesllm-fuzzy
osv-coords
pkg:rpm/opensuse/mozilla-nss&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
Range: < 3.26.2-1.1

Patches

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References

bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
blog.acrossecurity.com/2011/10/google-chrome-pkcs11txt-file-planting.htmlnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detailnvdExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
securityreason.com/securityalert/8483nvdThird Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13414nvdThird Party Advisory
hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13154861nvdBroken Link
hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13155432nvdBroken Link

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