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CVE-2012-3993
Published: Oct 10, 2012
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 does not properly interact with failures of InstallTrigger methods, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via a crafted web site, related to an "XrayWrapper pollution" issue.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
50904
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
50984
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
50935
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-83.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
50856
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
50892
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16718
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
RHSA-2012:1351
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
firefox-cow-privilege-escalation(79153)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
50936
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
86111
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=768101
x_refsource_CONFIRM
55318
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
SUSE-SU-2012:1351
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
MDVSA-2012:163
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
USN-1611-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
56119
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
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