CVE-2012-3974

Firefox < 15.0 - Untrusted Search Path Vulnerability via Trojan Horse Executable

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, Thunderbird before 15.0, and Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.7 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in a root directory.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55312
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16692
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=770478

Scores

EPSS 0.0030
EPSS Percentile 21.5%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (47)
mozilla/firefox 1.0 (2 CPE variants)
mozilla/firefox 1.0.1
mozilla/firefox 1.0.2
mozilla/firefox 1.0.3
mozilla/firefox 1.0.4
mozilla/firefox 1.0.5
mozilla/firefox 1.0.6
mozilla/firefox 1.0.7
mozilla/firefox 1.0.8
mozilla/firefox 1.4.1
... and 37 more
Published Aug 29, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026