Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows
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 10.0.7 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in a root directory.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (20.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 20th percentile — 20.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows
- Mozilla Firefox — versions 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2
- Mozilla Thunderbird Esr — versions 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/55312 (vdb-entry)
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-67.html (Vendor Advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16692 (signature, vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX1…