CVE-2012-4209

CVE Details

Release Date:	2012-11-20
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, Thunderbird before 17.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 do not prevent use of a top frame name-attribute value to access the location property, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors involving a binary plugin.

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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-2012-1482	2012-11-20
Oracle Linux version 5 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2012-1483	2012-11-20
Oracle Linux version 5 (xulrunner)	ELSA-2012-1482	2012-11-20
Oracle Linux version 6 (firefox)	ELSA-2012-1482	2012-11-20
Oracle Linux version 6 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2012-1483	2012-11-20
Oracle Linux version 6 (xulrunner)	ELSA-2012-1482	2012-11-20