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CVE-2012-4205 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=779821	CVE	Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51369	CVE	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/51370	CVE	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/51381	CVE	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/51434	CVE	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/51439	CVE	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/51440	CVE	Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80175	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16965	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-97.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56621	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=779821	[email protected]	Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51369	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/51370	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/51381	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/51434	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/51439	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/51440	[email protected]	Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80175	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16965	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-97.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56621	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-352	Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
mozilla firefox	< 17.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
mozilla seamonkey	< 2.14
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
mozilla thunderbird	< 17.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	10.04 11.10 12.04 12.10
CPE cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::esm::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
opensuse opensuse	11.4 12.1 12.2
CPE cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
suse linux enterprise desktop	10 sp4 11 sp2
CPE cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp4:::-:::* cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp2:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
suse linux enterprise server	10 sp4 11 sp2
CPE cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp4:::-:::* cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2::::-::* cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2::::vmware::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
suse linux enterprise software development kit	11 sp2 11 sp3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp2:::::: cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp3:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 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
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 21, 2020	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Sep 19, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2012	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

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