CVE-2012-4206
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
21/11/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0 and Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the default downloads directory.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
6.90
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 16.0.2 (including) | |
| cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:rc:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-98.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=792106
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80176
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16991
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-98.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=792106
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80176
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16991



