VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2012-3993

critical
Published 2012-10-10 · Modified 2026-04-29
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
10.0

Description

The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 does not properly interact with failures of InstallTrigger methods, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via a crafted web site, related to an "XrayWrapper pollution" issue.

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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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-30474 local multiple verified
Metasploit · 2013-08-06

Mozilla Firefox 5.0 < 15.0.1 - __exposedProps__ XCS Code Execution (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_multi/browser/firefox_proto_crmfrequest rank 600
Firefox 5.0 - 15.0.1 __exposedProps__ XCS Code Execution
Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
mozilla mozillafirefox10.0
mozilla mozillafirefox10.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox10.0.2
mozilla mozillafirefox10.0.3
mozilla mozillafirefox10.0.4
mozilla mozillafirefox10.0.5
mozilla mozillafirefox10.0.6
mozilla mozillafirefox10.0.7
mozilla mozillathunderbird_esr10.0
mozilla mozillathunderbird_esr10.0.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird_esr10.0.2
mozilla mozillathunderbird_esr10.0.3
mozilla mozillathunderbird_esr10.0.4
mozilla mozillathunderbird_esr10.0.5
mozilla mozillathunderbird_esr10.0.6
mozilla mozillathunderbird_esr10.0.7
mozilla mozillafirefox{"endIncluding":"15.0.1"}
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.2
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.3
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.4
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.5
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.6
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.7
mozilla mozillafirefox1.0.8
mozilla mozillafirefox1.4.1
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.2
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.3
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.4
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.5
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.6
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.7
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.8
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.9
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.10
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.11
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.0.12
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.1
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.2
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.3
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.4
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.5
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.6
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.7
mozilla mozillafirefox1.5.8
mozilla mozillafirefox1.8
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.2
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.3
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.4
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.5
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.6
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.7
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.8
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.9
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.10
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.11
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.12
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.13
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.14
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.15
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.16
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.17
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.18
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.19
mozilla mozillafirefox2.0.0.20
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.2
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.3
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.4
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.5
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.6
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.7
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.8
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.9
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.10
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.11
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.12
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.13
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.14
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.15
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.16
mozilla mozillafirefox3.0.17
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.1
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.2
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.3
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.4
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.5
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.6
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.7
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.8
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.9
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.10
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.11
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.12
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.13
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.14
mozilla mozillafirefox3.5.15
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.2
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.3
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.4
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.6
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.7
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.8
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.9
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.10
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.11
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.12
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.13
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.14
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.15
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.16
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.17
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.18
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.19
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.20
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.21
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.22
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.23
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.24
mozilla mozillafirefox3.6.25
mozilla mozillafirefox4.0
mozilla mozillafirefox4.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox5.0
mozilla mozillafirefox5.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox6.0
mozilla mozillafirefox6.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox6.0.2
mozilla mozillafirefox7.0
mozilla mozillafirefox7.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox8.0
mozilla mozillafirefox8.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox9.0
mozilla mozillafirefox9.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox11.0
mozilla mozillafirefox12.0
mozilla mozillafirefox13.0
mozilla mozillafirefox13.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox14.0
mozilla mozillafirefox14.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox15.0
mozilla mozillathunderbird{"endIncluding":"15.0.1"}
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0.2
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0.3
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0.4
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0.5
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0.6
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0.7
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.0.8
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.2
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.3
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.4
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.5
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.6
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.7
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.8
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.9
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.10
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.11
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.12
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.13
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.0.14
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.5.2
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.7.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird1.7.3
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.0
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.2
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.3
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.4
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.5
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.6
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.7
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.8
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.9
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.11
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.12
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.13
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.14
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.15
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.16
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.17
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.18
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.19
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.20
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.21
mozilla mozillathunderbird2.0.0.22

References

CWEs

CWE-269

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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