Thunderbird might execute an alternative OTR library - CVE-2021-29949ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:91740 | Date: (C)2023-08-07 (M)2023-11-18 |
Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: windows |
Mozilla Thunderbird before 78.9.1: When loading the shared library that provides the OTR protocol implementation, Thunderbird will initially attempt to open it using a filename that isn't distributed by Thunderbird. If a computer has already been infected with a malicious library of the alternative filename, and the malicious library has been copied to a directory that is contained in the search path for executable libraries, then Thunderbird will load the incorrect library.
Platform: |
Microsoft Windows 7 |
Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 |
Microsoft Windows 11 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 |
Microsoft Windows Server |
Product: |
Mozilla Thunderbird |