Vulnerability CVE-2011-2486
Published: 2012-11-19

Description:
nspluginwrapper before 1.4.4 does not properly provide access to NPNVprivateModeBool variable settings, which could prevent Firefox plugins from determining if they should run in Private Browsing mode and allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions, as demonstrated using Flash.

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Nspluginwrapper -> Nspluginwrapper 

 References:
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027757
https://github.com/davidben/nspluginwrapper/commit/7e4ab8e1189846041f955e6c83f72bc1624e7a98
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=715384
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702034
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1459.html
http://lwn.net/Alerts/524725/
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