Mozilla Firefox up to 12.0 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Mozilla Firefox. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2012-1945. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 12.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.5, Thunderbird 5.0 through 12.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.10 allow local users to obtain sensitive information via an HTML document that loads a shortcut (aka .lnk) file for display within an IFRAME element, as demonstrated by a network share implemented by (1) Microsoft Windows or (2) Samba.

The weakness was presented 06/05/2012 by Paul Stone as 2012-37 as not defined knowledge base article (Website). The advisory is available at mozilla.org. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-1945 since 03/30/2012. Local access is required to approach this attack. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 59388 (CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2012:0710)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120275 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2012:0710)).

Upgrading to version 13.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (76073), Tenable (59388), SecurityFocus (BID 53799†), OSVDB (82673†) and Secunia (SA49366†). See VDB-5434, VDB-5487, VDB-5489 and VDB-5490 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Nessus ID: 59388
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2012:0710)
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OpenVAS ID: 71541
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 13.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: 2012-37
Researcher: Paul Stone
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-1945 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-1945
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-5498

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X-Force: 76073
SecurityFocus: 53799 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey '.lnk' Files Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 49366 - Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird / SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 82673
Vulnerability Center: 35291 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/08/2012 18:24
Updated: 10/21/2024 17:08
Changes: 06/08/2012 18:24 (75), 01/31/2018 09:53 (9), 03/25/2021 10:12 (2), 10/21/2024 17:08 (15)
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