CVE - CVE-2012-1943

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-1943	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 Updater.exe in the Windows Updater Service in Mozilla Firefox 12.0, Thunderbird 12.0, and SeaMonkey 2.9 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wsock32.dll file in an application directory.
References
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CONFIRM:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-35.html CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=750850 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16924 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16924 SUSE:SUSE-SU-2012:0746 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00012.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Entry Created
20120330	Disclaimer: The entry 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 (20120330)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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