FKIE_CVE-2012-4208
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-11-21 12:55 - Updated: 2025-04-11 00:51
Severity ?
Summary
The XrayWrapper implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Thunderbird before 17.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 does not consider the compartment during property filtering, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended chrome-only restrictions on reading DOM object properties via a crafted web site.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | * | |
| mozilla | seamonkey | * | |
| mozilla | thunderbird | * | |
| opensuse | opensuse | 11.4 | |
| opensuse | opensuse | 12.1 | |
| opensuse | opensuse | 12.2 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_desktop | 10 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_desktop | 11 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | 10 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | 11 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | 11 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_software_development_kit | 10 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_software_development_kit | 11 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 10.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 11.10 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.10 |
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Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
|---|
Nomenclature
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- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
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- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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