CVE-2012-1942 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Mozilla Updater and Windows Updater Service in Mozilla Firefox 12.0, Thunderbird 12.0, and SeaMonkey 2.9 on Windows allow local users to gain privileges by loading a DLL file in a privileged context.

Published: 2012-06-05

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:12.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:12.0:::::::*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-1951	The Mozilla Updater and Windows Updater Service in Mozilla Firefox 12.0, Thunderbird 12.0, and SeaMonkey 2.9 on Windows allow local users to gain privileges by loading a DLL file in a privileged context.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00045.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00012.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-35.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-45.html
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=748764
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16951

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows

Mozilla Firefox Seamonkey Thunderbird

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-06-05T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:17:27.014Z

Reserved: 2012-03-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-1942

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-06-05T23:55:01.687

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-1942

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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