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CVE-2012-1959 Detail

Description

Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, Thunderbird 5.0 through 13.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.11 do not consider the presence of same-compartment security wrappers (SCSW) during the cross-compartment wrapping of objects, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended XBL access restrictions via crafted content.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00011.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00011.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00012.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00012.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00013.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00013.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00016.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00016.html
http://osvdb.org/84002
http://osvdb.org/84002
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1088.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1088.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/49965
http://secunia.com/advisories/49965
http://secunia.com/advisories/49968
http://secunia.com/advisories/49968
http://secunia.com/advisories/49972
http://secunia.com/advisories/49972
http://secunia.com/advisories/49977
http://secunia.com/advisories/49977
http://secunia.com/advisories/49979
http://secunia.com/advisories/49979
http://secunia.com/advisories/49992
http://secunia.com/advisories/49992
http://secunia.com/advisories/49993
http://secunia.com/advisories/49993
http://secunia.com/advisories/49994
http://secunia.com/advisories/49994
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-49.html Vendor Advisory 
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-49.html Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54576
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54576
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027256
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027256
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027257
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027257
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027258
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027258
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1509-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1509-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1509-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1509-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1510-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1510-1
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=737559
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=737559
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=754044
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=754044
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16920
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16920

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-2012-1959
NVD Published Date:
07/18/2012
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE