CVE-2012-1943
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
6.9
VIR risk
6.9
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Updater.exe in the Windows Updater Service in Mozilla Firefox 12.0, Thunderbird 12.0, and SeaMonkey 2.9 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wsock32.dll file in an application directory.
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
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=750850
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16924
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00012.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-35.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=750850
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16924
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.