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CVE-2012-1945

2.9 · LOW

Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 12.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.5, Thunderbird 5.0 through 12.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.10 allow local users to obtain sensitive i…

Published Jun 5, 2012mozillaCWE-200EPSS 0.46%

Overview

CVE-2012-1945 is a low-severity vulnerability affecting mozilla firefox. It was published on June 5, 2012 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 2.9 (LOW).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 2.9, rated LOW. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical description

Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 12.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.5, Thunderbird 5.0 through 12.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.10 allow local users to obtain sensitive information via an HTML document that loads a shortcut (aka .lnk) file for display within an IFRAME element, as demonstrated by a network share implemented by (1) Microsoft Windows or (2) Samba.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from mozilla. Update firefox to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsStatus
mozillaseamonkey0Affected

References

Reflists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00012.htmlReflists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00015.htmlRefrhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0710.htmlRefrhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0715.htmlRefwww.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:088Refwww.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-37.htmlRefbugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=670514Refoval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16743Reflists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00012.htmlReflists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00015.html

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-1945?

CVE-2012-1945 is a low-severity vulnerability affecting mozilla firefox. It was published on June 5, 2012 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 2.9 (LOW).

How severe is CVE-2012-1945?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 2.9, rated LOW. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2012-1945?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from mozilla. Update firefox to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2012-1945?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2012-1945 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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