Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Opensuse - CVE-2011-3098
Published: May 16, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44083
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3098
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: SUSE
Affected software:
Opensuse
Opensuse
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Google Chrome before 19.0.1084.46 on Windows uses an incorrect search path for the Windows Media Player plug-in, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse plug-in in an unspecified directory.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-3098
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=124216
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/05/stable-channel-update.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00009.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53540
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027067
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75603
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15618