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.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.63%
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Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
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References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=779821 vendor advisory issue tracking
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51370 third party advisory broken link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51434 third party advisory broken link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16965 signature third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/51439 third party advisory broken link
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-97.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51440 third party advisory broken link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51381 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/51369 third party advisory broken link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80175 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56621 third party advisory vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-4205?
CVE-2012-4205 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-4205?
To fix CVE-2012-4205, 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-2012-4205 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2012-4205 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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