CVE - CVE-2012-3993

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-3993	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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BID:56119 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56119 CONFIRM:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-83.html CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=768101 MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2012:163 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163~~ (Obsolete source) OSVDB:86111 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/86111~~ (Obsolete source) OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16718 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16718 REDHAT:RHSA-2012:1351 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.html SECUNIA:50856 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50856 SECUNIA:50892 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50892 SECUNIA:50904 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50904 SECUNIA:50935 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50935 SECUNIA:50936 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50936 SECUNIA:50984 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50984 SECUNIA:55318 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/55318 SUSE:SUSE-SU-2012:1351 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.html UBUNTU:USN-1611-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1 XF:firefox-cow-privilege-escalation(79153) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79153
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20120711	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20120711)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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