CVE-2012-1942

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.

CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

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

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

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

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

Information

Published : 2012-06-05 16:55

Updated : 2017-12-28 18:29

NVD link : CVE-2012-1942

Mitre link : CVE-2012-1942

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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Products Affected

mozilla

firefox
seamonkey
thunderbird

microsoft

windows

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