CVE-2012-3974

Description

From CVE.org

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.

Statement

This issue does not affect the version of Firefox and Thunderbird package, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score4.16.9N/A
Attack VectorLocalLocalN/A
Access ComplexityMediumMediumN/A
AuthenticationSingleNoneN/A
Confidentiality ImpactPartialCompleteN/A
Integrity ImpactPartialCompleteN/A
Availability ImpactPartialCompleteN/A

Vector

Red Hat: AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Mozilla project for reporting this issue.

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