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CVE-2011-3666


Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.25 and Thunderbird before 3.1.17 on Mac OS X do not consider .jar files to be executable files, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2011-2372 on Mac OS X.


Security Impact Summary

CVE-2011-3666 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 3 products from mozilla, from mozilla, from apple organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2011, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.


Published

2011-12-21T04:02:01.177

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application mozilla firefox ≤ 3.6.24 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.2 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.3 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.4 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.5 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.6 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.6.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.7 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.7.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.8 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.9 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.9 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.9.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.9.2 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.9.3 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.10 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.10.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.0.2 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.0.3 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.0.4 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.0.5 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.0.6 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.0.7 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.0.8 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.4.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.2 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.3 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.4 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.5 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.6 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.7 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.8 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.9 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.10 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.11 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.12 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.2 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.3 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.4 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.5 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.6 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.7 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.8 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.8 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.2 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.3 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.4 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.5 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.6 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.7 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.8 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.9 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.10 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.11 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.12 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.13 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.14 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.15 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.16 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.17 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.18 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.19 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.20 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0.2 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0.3 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0.4 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0.5 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0.6 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0.7 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0.8 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0.9 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0.10 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0.11 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0.12 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0.13 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0.14 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0.15 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0.16 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0.17 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.5 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.5.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.5.2 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.5.3 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.5.4 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.5.5 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.5.6 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.5.7 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.5.8 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.5.9 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.5.10 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.5.11 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.5.12 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.5.13 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.5.14 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.5.15 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.6 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.6.2 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.6.3 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.6.4 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.6.6 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.6.7 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.6.8 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.6.9 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.6.10 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.6.11 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.6.12 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.6.13 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.6.14 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.6.15 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.6.16 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.6.17 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.6.18 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.6.19 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.6.20 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.6.21 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.6.22 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.6.23 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird ≤ 3.1.16 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 0.1 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 0.2 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 0.3 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 0.4 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 0.5 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 0.6 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 0.7 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 0.7.1 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 0.7.2 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 0.7.3 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 0.8 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 0.9 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.0 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.0.2 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.0.3 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.0.4 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.0.5 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.0.5 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.0.6 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.0.7 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.0.8 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5.0.2 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5.0.3 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5.0.4 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5.0.5 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5.0.6 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5.0.7 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5.0.8 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5.0.9 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5.0.10 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5.0.11 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5.0.12 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5.0.13 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5.0.14 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5.1 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5.2 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.7.1 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.7.3 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.0 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.2 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.3 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.4 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.5 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.6 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.7 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.8 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.9 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.11 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.12 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.13 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.14 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.15 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.16 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.17 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.18 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.19 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.20 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.21 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.22 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.23 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 3.0 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 3.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 3.0.2 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 3.0.3 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 3.0.4 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 3.0.5 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 3.0.6 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 3.0.7 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 3.0.8 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 3.0.9 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 3.0.10 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 3.0.11 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 3.1 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 3.1.1 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 3.1.2 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 3.1.3 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 3.1.4 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 3.1.5 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 3.1.6 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 3.1.7 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 3.1.8 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 3.1.9 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 3.1.10 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 3.1.11 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 3.1.12 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 3.1.13 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 3.1.14 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 3.1.15 Yes
Operating System apple mac_os_x * No

References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For mozilla's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.