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CVE-2012-4210 Detail

Description

The Style Inspector in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0 and Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11 does not properly restrict the context of HTML markup and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequences, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via a crafted stylesheet.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1482.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/51359
http://secunia.com/advisories/51359
http://secunia.com/advisories/51369
http://secunia.com/advisories/51369
http://secunia.com/advisories/51434
http://secunia.com/advisories/51434
http://secunia.com/advisories/51439
http://secunia.com/advisories/51439
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:173
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:173
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-104.html Vendor Advisory 
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-104.html Vendor Advisory 
http://www.palemoon.org/releasenotes-ng.shtml
http://www.palemoon.org/releasenotes-ng.shtml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56646
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56646
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=796866
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=796866
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80182
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80182
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16833
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16833

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-2012-4210
NVD Published Date:
11/21/2012
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE