CVE-2012-4209 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2012-4209

Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, Thunderbird...

Vulnerability Description

Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, Thunderbird before 17.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 do not prevent use of a "top" frame name-attribute value to access the location property, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors involving a binary plugin.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

firefox, seamonkey, thunderbird, thunderbird esr, opensuse, linux enterprise desktop, linux enterprise server, linux enterprise software development kit, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux eus, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux workstation, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 10.0, 11.4, 12.1, 12.2, 10, 11, 5.0, 6.0, 6.3, 10.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10

Timeline

Official Publish: November 21st, 2012
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.