CVE-2012-4201

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 None
Description
The evalInSandbox implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, Thunderbird before 17.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 uses an incorrect context during the handling of JavaScript code that sets the location.href property, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or read arbitrary files by leveraging a sandboxed add-on.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2012-4201
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2012-11-21T12:55:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-08-14T17:33:44
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-79 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 17.0
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 10.0 10.0.11
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.14
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 17.0
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 10.0 10.0.11
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:vmware:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=747607 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-93.html Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3 Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2583 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2584 Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2588 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56618 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/51434 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51381 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51360 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51359 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51369 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51440 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51439 Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/87594 Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:173 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51370 Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80171 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15995 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4201
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4201
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:20:59 Added to TrackCVE