CVE-2012-3993

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The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbi

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.

HIGH · CVSS 9.3 EPSS 0.8084

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EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
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Public exploit or PoC is available
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management

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Affected Products & Versions

mozilla firefoxall versions
mozilla thunderbird esrall versions
mozilla firefox<= 15.0.1

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Public Exploits & PoCs

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

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producthighSQLite Firefox Profile Data DB Access

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9.3

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Published to NVD10 Oct 2012 · 05:55 PM

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10218-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1
usnUSN-1611-1
Show all 9 vendor advisoriesusnUSN-1600-1
rhsaRHSA-2012:1351Critical
rhsaRHSA-2012:1350Critical
mozilla-mfsaMFSA2012-83

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://osvdb.org/86111Broken Link

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/50856Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/50892Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/50904Third Party Advisory

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http://secunia.com/advisories/50935Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/50936Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/50984Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/55318Third Party Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163Third Party Advisory

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-83.htmlVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56119Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=768101Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79153Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16718Third Party Advisory

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