CVE-2011-2370 describes a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before version 5.0 where the xpinstall whitelist was improperly enforced. This allowed remote attackers to trigger an installation dialog for an add-on or theme. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this medium-severity vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires no authentication, potentially leading to unauthorized installation of software. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:preview_release:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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