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CVE-2012-3974

This CVE name corresponds to:

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2012-08-30 mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2012-3974
Phase Assigned(20120711)

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.

References

Source Reference
CONFIRM http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-67.html
CONFIRM https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=770478
CONFIRM http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf
SUSE SUSE-SU-2012:1167
SUSE SUSE-SU-2012:1157
BID 55312
OVAL oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16692