CVE-2011-3098

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-05-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Google Chrome before 19.0.1084.46 on Windows uses an incorrect search path for the Windows Media Player plug-in, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse plug-in in an unspecified directory.

Affected products

Google Chrome: through 19.0.1084.45
Opensuse: 12.1

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=124216
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/05/stable-channel-update.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00017.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00009.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53540
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027067
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75603
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15618
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=124216
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/05/stable-channel-update.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00017.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00009.html

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