CVE-2012-4206

Published Nov 21, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 6.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-4150 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.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mozilla firefox Esr
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 8:28 PM
Reserved
Aug 8, 2012, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 21, 2012, 12:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:44 PM