CVE - CVE-2012-4206

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-4206	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0 and Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the default downloads directory.
References
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CONFIRM:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-98.html CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=792106 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16991 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16991 SUSE:SUSE-SU-2012:1592 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html XF:mozilla-firefox-dll-code-execution(80176) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80176
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20120808	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 (20120808)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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