CVE-2012-4203 in Firefox
Summary
The New Tab page in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0 uses a privileged context for execution of JavaScript code by bookmarklets, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to run arbitrary programs by leveraging a javascript: URL in a bookmark.
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Reservation
08/08/2012
Disclosure
11/21/2012
Status
Confirmed
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| ID | Vulnerability | CWE | Exp | Cou | CVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6990 | Mozilla Firefox New Tab Page Javascript: URL access control | 264 | Proof-of-Concept | Official fix | CVE-2012-4203 |