Vulnerability Details : CVE-2012-1942
The Mozilla Updater and Windows Updater Service in Mozilla Firefox 12.0, Thunderbird 12.0, and SeaMonkey 2.9 on Windows allow local users to gain privileges by loading a DLL file in a privileged context.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1942
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.04%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 6 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2012-1942
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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7.2
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HIGH | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
3.9
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10.0
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2012-1942
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Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2012-1942
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http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-35.html
Privilege escalation through Mozilla Updater and Windows Updater Service — MozillaVendor Advisory
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http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-45.html
Mozilla Updater fails to update some Windows Registry entries — Mozilla
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16951
Repository / Oval Repository
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00012.html
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:0746-1: important: Security update for
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=748764
748764 - (CVE-2012-1942) Possible Arbitrary Code Execution by Update Service
Products affected by CVE-2012-1942
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*