PT-2012-5244
CVE-2012-4201
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Published
2012-11-20
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Updated
2024-12-12
Description by
CVSS 2.0
4.3
MediumMetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 17.0
Firefox ESR versions prior to 10.0.11
Thunderbird versions prior to 17.0
Thunderbird ESR versions prior to 10.0.11
SeaMonkey versions prior to 2.14
Description
The issue allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or read arbitrary files by leveraging a sandboxed add-on. This is due to the incorrect context used during the handling of JavaScript code that sets the
location.href property.Recommendations
For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 17.0, update to version 17.0 or later.
For Firefox ESR versions prior to 10.0.11, update to version 10.0.11 or later.
For Thunderbird versions prior to 17.0, update to version 17.0 or later.
For Thunderbird ESR versions prior to 10.0.11, update to version 10.0.11 or later.
For SeaMonkey versions prior to 2.14, update to version 2.14 or later.
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Exploit
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