CVE-2012-5354

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.

6.8

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.89% Top 30%

Vendor Advisory mozilla.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/50935	third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/50856	third party advisory broken link
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-75.html	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16972	vdb entry third party advisory signature
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=726264	issue tracking vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/86171	vdb entry broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-5354?: CVE-2012-5354 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-5354?: To fix CVE-2012-5354, 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-2012-5354 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2012-5354 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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