CVE-2012-4205

Summary

Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Thunderbird before 17.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 assign the system principal, rather than the sandbox principal, to XMLHttpRequest objects created in sandboxes, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks or obtain sensitive information by leveraging a sandboxed add-on.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=779821
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51370
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51434
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16965
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51439
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-97.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51440
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51381
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51369
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80175
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56621

References

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=779821
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51370
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51434
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16965
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51439
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-97.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51440
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51381
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51369
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80175
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56621

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