CVE-2012-4205

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 None
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Thunderbird before 17.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 assign the system principal, rather than the sandbox principal, to XMLHttpRequest objects created in sandboxes, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks or obtain sensitive information by leveraging a sandboxed add-on.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2012-4205
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2012-11-21T12:55:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-08-21T18:45:01
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-352 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.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:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.14
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 17.0
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: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:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=779821 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-97.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://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2 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.securityfocus.com/bid/56621 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/51434 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/51381 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/51369 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/51440 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/51439 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/51370 Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80175 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16965 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4205
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4205
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:19:00 Added to TrackCVE