CVE-2012-4205

N/A
Published: November 21, 2012 at 11:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:44 PM UTC
8 products affected across 4 vendorsUbuntu LinuxFirefoxThunderbird

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 17.0
Affected range stops below 17.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 2.14
Affected range stops below 2.14, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 17.0
Affected range stops below 17.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (20)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/51369
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/51370
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/51381

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-352

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