CVE-2012-4205
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.
Risk Information
Base Score
8.1
MODERATE
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.795
Associated Vulnerability
| Vulnerability | OS Platform |
|---|---|
| Mozilla Thunderbird ESR (17.0.11) | Windows |
| Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla Firefox (x64) 16.2 | Windows |
| Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla Firefox 16.2 | Windows |
| Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla Thunderbird 16.0.2 | Windows |
| Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in SeaMonkey 2.14 | Windows |
| Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla Firefox (x64) 16.99 | Windows |
| Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla_Firefox 16.99 | Windows |
| Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Mozilla Firefox For Mac (117.0) | Mac |
| Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Mozilla Firefox For Mac (117.0.1) | Mac |
| Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Mozilla Thunderbird For Mac 17 | Mac |
| Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla Firefox for Mac 16.2 | Mac |
| Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla Thunderbird for Mac 16.0.2 | Mac |
| Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in SeaMonkey For Mac 2.13.2 | Mac |
Patch Details
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| Patch ID | Patch Description |
|---|---|
| PATCH-343016 | Mozilla Firefox (x64) (132.0.2) |
| PATCH-343015 | Mozilla Firefox (132.0.2) |
| PATCH-315938 | Mozilla Thunderbird (68.12.0) |
| PATCH-341197 | SeaMonkey (2.53.19) |
| PATCH-607000 | Mozilla Firefox For Mac (124.0) |
| PATCH-607000 | Mozilla Firefox For Mac (124.0) |
| PATCH-611807 | Mozilla Thunderbird For Mac (142.0) |
| PATCH-611870 | Mozilla Firefox For Mac (142.0.1) |
| PATCH-611807 | Mozilla Thunderbird For Mac (142.0) |
| PATCH-611088 | SeaMonkey For Mac (2.53.21) |
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234