CVE-2012-1942
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.2
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | 12.0 | |
| mozilla | seamonkey | 2.9 | |
| mozilla | thunderbird | 12.0 | |
References
- 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
- 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
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.