CVE - CVE-2012-3973

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-3973	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The debugger in the developer-tools subsystem in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, when remote debugging is disabled, does not properly restrict access to the remote-debugging service, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging the presence of the HTTPMonitor extension and connecting to that service through the HTTPMonitor port.
References
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BID:55308 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55308 CONFIRM:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-66.html CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=757128 OSVDB:85005 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/85005~~ (Obsolete source) OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17039 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17039 SUSE:SUSE-SU-2012:1157 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2012:1167 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2012:1065 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html UBUNTU:USN-1548-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1 UBUNTU:USN-1548-2 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2
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)
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