CVE-2012-4201
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.3 · Cross-site scripting (XSS)
4.3CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The evalInSandbox implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, Thunderbird before 17.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 uses an incorrect context during the handling of JavaScript code that sets the location.href property, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or read arbitrary files by leveraging a sandboxed add-on.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impact—
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)3%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Affected products we track (2)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.htmlAdvisory
- http://osvdb.org/87594
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1483.htmlAdvisory