CVE-2012-1943

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Published Jun 5, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 6.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Updater.exe in the Windows Updater Service in Mozilla Firefox 12.0, Thunderbird 12.0, and SeaMonkey 2.9 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wsock32.dll file in an application directory.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:12.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:12.0:::::::*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-1952	Untrusted search path vulnerability in Updater.exe in the Windows Updater Service in Mozilla Firefox 12.0, Thunderbird 12.0, and SeaMonkey 2.9 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wsock32.dll file in an application directory.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.295% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00012.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-35.html
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=750850
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16924

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows

Mozilla Firefox Seamonkey Thunderbird

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 7:17 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jun 5, 2012, 11:00 PM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 7:17 PM
Reserved: Mar 30, 2012, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:40 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 5, 2012, 11:55 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:40 PM

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