CVE-2012-0450

Description

Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 9.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.7 on Linux and Mac OS X set weak permissions for Firefox Recovery Key.html, which might allow local users to read a Firefox Sync key via standard filesystem operations.

Category

2.1
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.06%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-09.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14670 signature vdb entry
http://osvdb.org/78741 vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72869 vdb entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=716868
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:013 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00011.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-0450?
CVE-2012-0450 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-0450?
To fix CVE-2012-0450, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-0450 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2012-0450 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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