NVD

CVE-2012-3976 Detail

Modified

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Description

Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, and SeaMonkey before 2.12 do not properly handle onLocationChange events during navigation between different https sites, which allows remote attackers to spoof the X.509 certificate information in the address bar via a crafted web page.

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: N/A

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CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM

Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1210.html	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1210.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-69.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-69.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55313	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55313	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2	Third Party Advisory
http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf	Third Party Advisory
http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=768568	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=768568	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16060	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16060	Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-200	Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor	NIST

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Change History

6 change records found show changes

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 8:41:56 PM

Action	Type	New Value
Added	Reference	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html
Added	Reference	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html
Added	Reference	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html
Added	Reference	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1210.html
Added	Reference	http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-69.html
Added	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55313
Added	Reference	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1
Added	Reference	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2
Added	Reference	http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf
Added	Reference	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=768568
Added	Reference	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16060

Modified Analysis by NIST 8/26/2020 4:39:08 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CVSS V2		NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Removed	CVSS V2	NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Added	CWE		NIST CWE-200
Removed	CWE	NIST NVD-CWE-Other
Changed	CPE Configuration	Record truncated, showing 500 of 7800 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:preview_release::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.2::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.3::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.4::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.5::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.6::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.7::::::: *cpe:2.3:a:moz	OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::esm:::*
Changed	CPE Configuration	OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.2::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.3::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.4::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.5::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.6:::::::	OR cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2::::::: cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp4:::-::: cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp2::::::* cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp4:::-::: cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2::::-:: cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2::::vmware:: cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp2::::::*
Changed	CPE Configuration	OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:10.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:10.0.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:10.0.2::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:10.0.3::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:10.0.4::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:10.0.5::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:10.0.6:::::::	Record truncated, showing 500 of 535 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.3::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:6.3::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:5.0::::::: *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 15.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr::::::::* versions from (including) 10.0 up to (excluding) 10.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 2.12
Removed	CPE Configuration	Record truncated, showing 500 of 4375 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:alpha_1::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:alpha_2::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:alpha_3::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:beta_1::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:beta_2::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:rc1::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:rc2::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0.1:::::
Removed	CPE Configuration	Record truncated, showing 500 of 5829 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.2::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.3::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.4::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.5::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.5:beta::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.6::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.7::::
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1210.html No Types Assigned	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1210.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55313 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55313 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1 No Types Assigned	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2 No Types Assigned	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf No Types Assigned	http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=768568 No Types Assigned	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=768568 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16060 No Types Assigned	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16060 Third Party Advisory
Added	CVSS V2 Metadata		Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-3976
NVD Published Date:
08/29/2012
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE

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CVE-2012-3976 Detail

Description

Metrics

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Weakness Enumeration

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 8:41:56 PM

CPE Deprecation Remap by NIST 10/21/2024 9:55:03 AM

CVE Modified by MITRE 5/13/2024 10:45:29 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 8/26/2020 4:39:08 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE 9/18/2017 9:35:14 PM

Initial CVE Analysis 8/29/2012 2:10:00 PM

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