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.
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History
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References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/51369 - Broken Link | |
References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/51370 - Broken Link | |
References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/51381 - Broken Link | |
References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/51434 - Broken Link | |
References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/51439 - Broken Link | |
References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/51440 - Broken Link | |
References | () http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-97.html - Vendor Advisory | |
References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56621 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
References | () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=779821 - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory | |
References | () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80175 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
References | () https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16965 - Third Party Advisory |
Information
Published : 2012-11-21 12:55
Updated : 2024-11-21 01:42
NVD link : CVE-2012-4205
Mitre link : CVE-2012-4205
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-4205
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Products Affected
mozilla
- thunderbird
- firefox
- seamonkey
suse
- linux_enterprise_software_development_kit
- linux_enterprise_desktop
- linux_enterprise_server
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
opensuse
- opensuse
CWE
CWE-352
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)