Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0 and Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the default downloads directory.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-98.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16991
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=792106
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80176
Scores
EPSS
0.0033
EPSS Percentile
24.7%
Details
Status
published
Products (46)
mozilla/firefox
0.1
mozilla/firefox
0.2
mozilla/firefox
0.3
mozilla/firefox
0.4
mozilla/firefox
0.5
mozilla/firefox
0.6
mozilla/firefox
0.6.1
mozilla/firefox
0.7
mozilla/firefox
0.7.1
mozilla/firefox
0.8
... and 36 more
Published
Nov 21, 2012
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026