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CVE-2012-4203

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2012-11-20	mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities

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CVE-2012-4203 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2012-4203
Phase	Assigned(20120808)

Description

The New Tab page in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0 uses a privileged context for execution of JavaScript code by bookmarklets, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to run arbitrary programs by leveraging a javascript: URL in a bookmark.

References

Source	Reference
CONFIRM	http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-95.html
CONFIRM	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=765628
SUSE	openSUSE-SU-2012:1583
SUSE	openSUSE-SU-2012:1586
SUSE	SUSE-SU-2012:1592
SUSE	openSUSE-SU-2013:0175
UBUNTU	USN-1638-1
UBUNTU	USN-1638-3
UBUNTU	USN-1638-2
BID	56623
OVAL	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16503
SECUNIA	51369
SECUNIA	51434
SECUNIA	51439