Mozilla.Firefox.PKCS11.Privilege.Elevation

Description

This indicates an attack attempt against a privilege-elevation vulnerability in
Mozilla Firefox.
The vulnerability is found in the pkcs11.addmodule and pkcs11.deletemodulemethods. It allows a remote attacker to easily entice users to add or remove a malicious PKCS11 module.

Affected Products

Mozilla Firefox older than 3.0.14

Impact

Privilege Escalation: Remote attackers can leverage their privilege on the vulnerable systems.

Recommended Actions

Update to Mozilla Firefox 3.0.14 or 3.5 version.

References