CVE-2012-0460
Mozilla Firefox Full Screen Object Write Access Spoofing
Description
Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 10.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, Thunderbird 5.0 through 10.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.8 do not properly restrict write access to the window.fullScreen object, which allows remote attackers to spoof the user interface via a crafted web page.
INFO
Published Date :
March 14, 2012, 7:55 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 11, 2025, 12:51 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2012-0460
vulnerability.
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CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM | [email protected] |
Solution
- Upgrade the affected Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, or SeaMonkey to the latest version.
- For RHEL systems, update the affected Firefox or Thunderbird packages based on the guidance in the related advisories.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2012-0460.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2012-0460 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2012-0460
weaknesses.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.
The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2012-0460 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2012-0460 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00014.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00042.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0387.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0388.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/48359 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/48402 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/48496 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/48513 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/48553 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/48561 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/48629 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/49055 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:032 Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-18.html Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026801 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026803 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026804 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-1 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-2 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-3 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-4 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-5 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=727303 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15114 -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 18, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:032 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 13, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0388.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0387.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 11, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026803 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026801 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 06, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00014.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 05, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026804 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/48402 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/48359 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 13, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-1 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 19, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15114 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15114 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 15, 2012
Action Type Old Value New Value
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 6.4
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
1.80 }} -1.53%
score
0.81150
percentile