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CVE-2012-4205

Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Thunderbird before 17.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 assign the system principal, rather than the sandbox principal, to XMLHttpRequest objects created in sandboxes, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks or obtain sensitive information by leveraging a sandboxed add-on.

Published

2012-11-21T12:55:01.837

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-352

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mozilla	firefox	< 17.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	< 2.14	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	< 17.0	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	10.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	11.10	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.10	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	11.4	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	12.1	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	12.2	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_desktop	10	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_desktop	11	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_server	10	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_server	11	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_server	11	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_software_development_kit	11	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_software_development_kit	11	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/51369 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/51370 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/51381 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/51434 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/51439 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/51440 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-97.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56621 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=779821 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80175 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16965 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/51369 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/51370 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/51381 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/51434 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/51439 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/51440 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-97.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56621 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=779821 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80175 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16965 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)