CVE-2012-3974
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
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.
Find out more about CVE-2012-3974 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This issue does not affect the version of Firefox and Thunderbird package, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.
CVSS v2 metrics
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 4.1 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird | Not affected |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Mozilla security researcher Masato Kinugawa as the original reporter of this flaw.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation