Unscored severity · published Aug 29, 2012
CVE-2012-3974
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, Thunderbird before 15.0, and Thunderbird ESR 10.x before…
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CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, Thunderbird before 15.0, and Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.7 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in a root directory.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 22% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
Firefox · Mozilla
through 14.0; 1.0; 1.0; 1.0.1; 1.0.2; 1.0.3; +34 more · source: NVD
TH
Thunderbird · Mozilla
through 14.0; 1.0; 1.0.1; 1.0.2; 1.0.3; 1.0.4; +34 more · source: NVD
TE
Thunderbird Esr · Mozilla
10.0; 10.0.1; 10.0.2; 10.0.3; 10.0.4; 10.0.5; +1 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3974
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3974
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html
Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-67.html
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55312
www.xerox.com
http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf
bugzilla.mozilla.org
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=770478
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