Not a U.S. government website. NDD is an independent vulnerability database by Volerion and is not affiliated with or endorsed by NIST or NVD.
CVE-2012-3974 Details
Description
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.
Metrics
CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:
No CVSS 4.0 data is available for this CVE.
CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:
No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.
No data available for CVSS Version 2.0 on this CVE.
No SSVC data is available for this CVE.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
By selecting these links, you will be leaving this site. These are references gathered from the official CVE record and are not endorsed by Volerion.
Weakness Enumeration
| CWE-ID | CWE Name | Source |
|---|---|---|
| CWE-399 | Resource Management Errors | [email protected] |
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| microsoft windows | All versions |
CPE
Remediation
| |
| mozilla firefox | <= 14.0 1.0 1.0 preview_release 1.0.1 1.0.2 1.0.3 1.0.4 1.0.5 1.0.6 1.0.7 1.0.8 1.4.1 1.5 1.5 beta1 1.5 beta2 1.5.0.1 1.5.0.2 1.5.0.3 1.5.0.4 1.5.0.5 1.5.0.6 1.5.0.7 1.5.0.8 1.5.0.9 1.5.0.10 1.5.0.11 1.5.0.12 1.5.1 1.5.2 1.5.3 1.5.4 1.5.5 1.5.6 1.5.7 1.5.8 1.8 2.0 2.0.0.1 2.0.0.2 2.0.0.3 2.0.0.4 2.0.0.5 2.0.0.6 2.0.0.7 2.0.0.8 2.0.0.9 2.0.0.10 2.0.0.11 2.0.0.12 2.0.0.13 2.0.0.14 2.0.0.15 2.0.0.16 2.0.0.17 2.0.0.18 2.0.0.19 2.0.0.20 3.0 3.0.1 3.0.2 3.0.3 3.0.4 3.0.5 3.0.6 3.0.7 3.0.8 3.0.9 3.0.10 3.0.11 3.0.12 3.0.13 3.0.14 3.0.15 3.0.16 3.0.17 3.5 3.5.1 3.5.2 3.5.3 3.5.4 3.5.5 3.5.6 3.5.7 3.5.8 3.5.9 3.5.10 3.5.11 3.5.12 3.5.13 3.5.14 3.5.15 3.6 3.6.2 3.6.3 3.6.4 3.6.6 3.6.7 3.6.8 3.6.9 3.6.10 3.6.11 3.6.12 3.6.13 3.6.14 3.6.15 3.6.16 3.6.17 3.6.18 3.6.19 3.6.20 3.6.21 3.6.22 3.6.23 3.6.24 3.6.25 4.0 4.0 beta1 4.0 beta10 4.0 beta11 4.0 beta12 4.0 beta2 4.0 beta3 4.0 beta4 4.0 beta5 4.0 beta6 4.0 beta7 4.0 beta8 4.0 beta9 4.0.1 5.0 5.0.1 6.0 6.0.1 6.0.2 7.0 7.0.1 8.0 8.0.1 9.0 9.0.1 10.0 10.0.1 10.0.2 11.0 12.0 12.0 beta6 13.0 10.0.3 10.0.4 10.0.5 10.0.6 |
CPE
Remediation
| |
| mozilla thunderbird | <= 14.0 1.0 1.0.1 1.0.2 1.0.3 1.0.4 1.0.5 1.0.5 beta 1.0.6 1.0.7 1.0.8 1.5 1.5 beta2 1.5.0.1 1.5.0.2 1.5.0.3 1.5.0.4 1.5.0.5 1.5.0.6 1.5.0.7 1.5.0.8 1.5.0.9 1.5.0.10 1.5.0.11 1.5.0.12 1.5.0.13 1.5.0.14 1.5.1 1.5.2 1.7.1 1.7.3 2.0 2.0.0.0 2.0.0.1 2.0.0.2 2.0.0.3 2.0.0.4 2.0.0.5 2.0.0.6 2.0.0.7 2.0.0.8 2.0.0.9 2.0.0.11 2.0.0.12 2.0.0.13 2.0.0.14 2.0.0.15 2.0.0.16 2.0.0.17 2.0.0.18 2.0.0.19 2.0.0.20 2.0.0.21 2.0.0.22 2.0.0.23 3.0 3.0.1 3.0.2 3.0.3 3.0.4 3.0.5 3.0.6 3.0.7 3.0.8 3.0.9 3.0.10 3.0.11 3.1 3.1.1 3.1.2 3.1.3 3.1.4 3.1.5 3.1.6 3.1.7 3.1.8 3.1.9 3.1.10 3.1.11 3.1.12 3.1.13 3.1.14 3.1.15 3.1.16 3.1.17 3.1.18 3.1.19 5.0 6.0 6.0.1 6.0.2 7.0 7.0.1 8.0 9.0 9.0.1 10.0 10.0.1 10.0.2 10.0.3 10.0.4 11.0 12.0 13.0 |
CPE
Remediation
| |
| mozilla thunderbird esr | 10.0 10.0.1 10.0.2 10.0.3 10.0.4 10.0.5 10.0.6 |
CPE
Remediation
| |
Change History
13 change records found show changes
| Date | Action | Recorded By |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2026 | CVE Modified | [email protected] |
| Apr 29, 2026 | Status Change | [email protected] |
| Nov 21, 2024 | CVE Modified | CVE |
| Oct 21, 2024 | CPE Deprecation Remap | [email protected] |
| Oct 21, 2024 | CPE Deprecation Remap | [email protected] |
| Oct 21, 2024 | CPE Deprecation Remap | [email protected] |
| Oct 21, 2024 | CPE Deprecation Remap | [email protected] |
| Oct 21, 2024 | CPE Deprecation Remap | [email protected] |
| Oct 21, 2024 | CPE Deprecation Remap | [email protected] |
| Oct 21, 2024 | CPE Deprecation Remap | [email protected] |
| May 14, 2024 | CVE Modified | [email protected] |
| Sep 19, 2017 | CVE Modified | [email protected] |
| Aug 29, 2012 | Initial Analysis | [email protected] |