CVE-2012-4205

Published: Nov 21, 2012Modified: Apr 29, 2026

6.8

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 6.4

Source: NVD

Description

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 (17)

Products: Mozilla: Firefox, Seamonkey, Thunderbird · Canonical: Ubuntu Linux · Opensuse: Opensuse · +1 more

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Mozilla: Firefox, Seamonkey, Thunderbird · Canonical: Ubuntu Linux · Opensuse: Opensuse · Suse: Linux Enterprise Desktop, Linux Enterprise Server, Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit

3 products

1 product

1 product

3 products

Linux Enterprise Desktop

Linux Enterprise Server

Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit

Configuration A

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mozilla Firefox	Before 17.0
Mozilla Seamonkey	Before 2.14
Mozilla Thunderbird	Before 17.0

Configuration B

4 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 10.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 11.10
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 12.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 12.10

Configuration C

10 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Opensuse Opensuse	Version 11.4
Opensuse Opensuse	Version 12.1
Opensuse Opensuse	Version 12.2
Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop	Version 10 sp4
Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop	Version 11 sp2
Suse Linux Enterprise Server	Version 10 sp4
Suse Linux Enterprise Server	Version 11 sp2
Suse Linux Enterprise Server	Version 11 sp2
Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit	Version 11 sp2
Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit	Version 11 sp3

Related CWEs

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request.

References (40)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/51369

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/51370

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/51381

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/51434

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/51439

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/51440

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-97.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56621

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=779821

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80175

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16965

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html