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CVE-2012-3993

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Oct 10, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
9.3 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
6.8 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3993
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html

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.

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FirefoxMozilla10.0 (including)10.0 (including)
FirefoxMozilla10.0.1 (including)10.0.1 (including)
FirefoxMozilla10.0.2 (including)10.0.2 (including)
FirefoxMozilla10.0.3 (including)10.0.3 (including)
FirefoxMozilla10.0.4 (including)10.0.4 (including)
FirefoxMozilla10.0.5 (including)10.0.5 (including)
FirefoxMozilla10.0.6 (including)10.0.6 (including)
FirefoxMozilla10.0.7 (including)10.0.7 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatfirefox-0:10.0.8-1.el5_8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatxulrunner-0:10.0.8-1.el5_8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatthunderbird-0:10.0.8-1.el5_8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatfirefox-0:10.0.8-1.el6_3*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatxulrunner-0:10.0.8-1.el6_3*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatthunderbird-0:10.0.8-1.el6_3*
FirefoxUbuntudevel*
FirefoxUbuntuhardy*
FirefoxUbuntulucid*
FirefoxUbuntunatty*
FirefoxUbuntuoneiric*
FirefoxUbuntuprecise*
FirefoxUbuntuquantal*
FirefoxUbunturaring*
FirefoxUbuntusaucy*
FirefoxUbuntuupstream*
SeamonkeyUbuntuhardy*
SeamonkeyUbuntulucid*
SeamonkeyUbuntunatty*
SeamonkeyUbuntuoneiric*
SeamonkeyUbuntuupstream*
ThunderbirdUbuntudevel*
ThunderbirdUbuntuhardy*
ThunderbirdUbuntulucid*
ThunderbirdUbuntunatty*
ThunderbirdUbuntuoneiric*
ThunderbirdUbuntuprecise*
ThunderbirdUbuntuquantal*
ThunderbirdUbunturaring*
ThunderbirdUbuntusaucy*
ThunderbirdUbuntuupstream*
Xulrunner-1.9.2Ubuntuhardy*
Xulrunner-1.9.2Ubuntulucid*
Xulrunner-1.9.2Ubuntunatty*

Potential Mitigations

References

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