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CVE-2012-0458 Detail

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.28 and 4.x through 10.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, Thunderbird before 3.1.20 and 5.0 through 10.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.8 do not properly restrict setting the home page through the dragging of a URL to the home button, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via a javascript: URL that is later interpreted in the about:sessionrestore context.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00014.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00014.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00015.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00015.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00042.html Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00042.html Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0387.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0387.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0388.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0388.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48359
http://secunia.com/advisories/48359
http://secunia.com/advisories/48402
http://secunia.com/advisories/48402
http://secunia.com/advisories/48414
http://secunia.com/advisories/48414
http://secunia.com/advisories/48495 Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48495 Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48496 Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48496 Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48513 Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48513 Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48553 Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48553 Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48561 Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48561 Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48624 Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48624 Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48629 Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48629 Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48823 Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48823 Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48920 Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48920 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2433 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2433 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2458
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2458
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:031
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:031
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:032
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:032
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-16.html Vendor Advisory 
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-16.html Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52460
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52460
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026801
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026801
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026803
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026803
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026804
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026804
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-2 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-2 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-3 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-3 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-4 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-4 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-5 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-5 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1401-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1401-1 Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=718203 Exploit  Issue Tracking  Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=718203 Exploit  Issue Tracking  Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=719994 Issue Tracking  Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=719994 Issue Tracking  Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=723808 Issue Tracking  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=723808 Issue Tracking  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15122 Third Party Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15122 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-0458
NVD Published Date:
03/14/2012
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE