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    CVE-2012-3974

    Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, Thunderbird before 15.0, and Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.7 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in a root directory.

    Published:Aug 28, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Aug 29, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.0006
    CVSS Score:6.9

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Firefox
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Thunderbird
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Thunderbird Esr

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html
    http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-67.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55312
    http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=770478
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16692
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html
    http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-67.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55312
    http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=770478
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16692

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High