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CVE-2012-5841

Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, Thunderbird before 17.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.

Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, Thunderbird before 17.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 implement cross-origin wrappers with a filtering behavior that does not properly restrict write actions, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted web site.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.0091

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No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence

Sigma rules1 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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Affected Products & Versions

14

mozilla firefox< 10.0.11
mozilla firefox< 17.0
mozilla seamonkey< 2.14
mozilla thunderbird< 17.0
mozilla thunderbird esr< 10.0.11
opensuseall versions
suse linux enterprise desktopall versions
suse linux enterprise serverall versions
Show all 14 affected productssuse linux enterprise software development kitall versions
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
redhat enterprise linux desktopall versions
redhat enterprise linux eusall versions
redhat enterprise linux serverall versions
redhat enterprise linux workstationall versions

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Sigma Hunt Rules

1

Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.

producthighSQLite Firefox Profile Data DB Access

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Scoring & Timeline

4.3

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

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v2 Vector

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

Published to NVD21 Nov 2012 · 12:55 PM

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Vendor Advisories

9

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-1638-1
Show all 9 vendor advisoriesusnUSN-1636-1
rhsaRHSA-2012:1483Critical
rhsaRHSA-2012:1482Critical
mozilla-mfsaMFSA2012-100

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References & Sources

26

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/2012-11/msg00021.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://osvdb.org/87588Broken Link

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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/51359Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/51360Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/51369Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/51370Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/51381Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/51434Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/51439Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/51440Third Party Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:173Third Party Advisory

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-100.htmlVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56631Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=805807Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80178Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16590Third Party Advisory

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