Google Chrome Mozilla Network Security Services Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (Windows)

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Summary
The host is installed with Google Chrome and is prone to privilege escalation vulnerability
Impact
Successful exploitation will let the local attacker to execute arbitrary code with an elevated privileges. Impact Level: System/Application
Solution
Upgrade to the Google Chrome 17 or later, For updates refer to http://www.google.com/chrome
Insight
The flaw is due to an error in the Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) library, which can be exploited by sending Trojan horse pkcs11.txt file in a top-level directory.
Affected
Google Chrome version 16.0.912.21 and prior on Windows
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
High Severity
Classification
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