CVE-2012-1942

Published: Jun 5, 2012Modified: Apr 29, 2026

7.2

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 10.0

Source: NVD

Description

The Mozilla Updater and Windows Updater Service in Mozilla Firefox 12.0, Thunderbird 12.0, and SeaMonkey 2.9 on Windows allow local users to gain privileges by loading a DLL file in a privileged context.

Affected (3)

Products: Mozilla: Firefox, Seamonkey, Thunderbird

3 products

Configuration A

3 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mozilla Firefox	Version 12.0
Mozilla Seamonkey	Version 2.9
Mozilla Thunderbird	Version 12.0

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Microsoft Windows	All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-264

References (10)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00012.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-35.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-45.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=748764

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16951

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00012.html