CVE-2012-1956

CVE Details

Release Date:	2012-08-28
Impact:	None	What is this?

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Thunderbird before 15.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.12 do not prevent use of the Object.defineProperty method to shadow the location object (aka window.location), which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors involving a plugin.

See more information about CVE-2012-1956 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.3
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)	ELSA-2012-1350	2012-10-10
Oracle Linux version 5 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2012-1351	2012-10-10
Oracle Linux version 5 (xulrunner)	ELSA-2012-1350	2012-10-10
Oracle Linux version 6 (firefox)	ELSA-2012-1350	2012-10-10
Oracle Linux version 6 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2012-1351	2012-10-10
Oracle Linux version 6 (xulrunner)	ELSA-2012-1350	2012-10-10