CVE-2012-5354

Mozilla: Select element persistance allows for attacks (MFSA 2012-75)

Published Oct 10, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Thunderbird before 16.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 do not properly handle navigation away from a web page that has multiple menus of SELECT elements active, which allows remote attackers to conduct clickjacking attacks via vectors involving an XPI file, the window.open method, and the Geolocation API, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-3984.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-5275 Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Thunderbird before 16.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 do not properly handle navigation away from a web page that has multiple menus of SELECT elements active, which allows remote attackers to conduct clickjacking attacks via vectors involving an XPI file, the window.open method, and the Geolocation API, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-3984.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 9:05 PM
Reserved
Oct 10, 2012, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 10, 2012, 5:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:46 PM
Severity
Critical
Public date
Oct 9, 2012, 12:00 AM