CVE-2012-1942
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
7.2
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
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-35.html
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
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.