Intrusion PreventionMozilla.Firefox.And.Thunderbird.Sensor.Insecure.Lib.Loading
Description
This indicates an attack attempt against a Code Execution vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird.
The vulnerability is caused by the way Firefox or Thunderbird loads "sensor.dll". A remote attacker can exploit it to load and execute a malicious DLL.
Affected Products
Mozilla Foundation Firefox prior to 3.6.20
Mozilla Foundation Thunderbird prior to 3.1.12
Impact
System Compromise: Remote attackers can gain control of vulnerable systems.
Recommended Actions
Apply the most recent upgrade or patch from the vendor.
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
| ID | 29044 |
| Created | Aug 31, 2011 |
| Updated | Nov 08, 2021 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2011-2980 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 1.79% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Windows |
| Affected App | Mozilla |