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CVE-2012-4203
The New Tab page in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0 uses a privileged context for execution of JavaScript code by bookmarklets, which allows user-assisted remote a…
Impact
The New Tab page in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0 uses a privileged context for execution of JavaScript code by bookmarklets, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to run arbitrary programs by leveraging a javascript: URL in a bookmark.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | through 16.0.2 Versions 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- 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-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51369
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51434
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51439
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-95.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56623
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=765628
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16503
- 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-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51369
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51434
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51439
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-95.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56623
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2