9.3

CVE-2012-3993: mozilla firefox Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 9.3v2.0HighModified
Published 10-10-2012Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-3993 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 42.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.3/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
42.61%
0%100%
High · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2exploit-database, metasploit

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 3
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1RHSA-2012:1350RHSA-2012:1351

Timeline

  1. 10-10-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 does not properly interact with failures of InstallTrigger methods, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via a crafted web site, related to an "XrayWrapper pollution" issue.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

42.61%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

99%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 42.61% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
42.61%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • exploit-databaselocalmultipleVerified

    Mozilla Firefox 5.0 < 15.0.1 - __exposedProps__ XCS Code Execution (Metasploit)

    Maturity: weaponized

  • MetasploitMetasploitremoteVerified

    Firefox 5.0 - 15.0.1 __exposedProps__ XCS Code Execution

    exploit/multi/browser/firefox_proto_crmfrequest

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Mozilla4 products
  • firefox10.0 | 10.0.1 | 10.0.2 | 10.0.3 | 10.0.4 | 10.0.5 | 10.0.6 | 10.0.7 | ≤ 15.0.1 | 1.0 | 1.0:preview_release | 1.0.1 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.3 | 1.0.4 | 1.0.5 | 1.0.6 | 1.0.7 | 1.0.8 | 1.4.1 | 1.5 | 1.5:beta1 | 1.5:beta2 | 1.5.0.1 | 1.5.0.2 | 1.5.0.3 | 1.5.0.4 | 1.5.0.5 | 1.5.0.6 | 1.5.0.7 | 1.5.0.8 | 1.5.0.9 | 1.5.0.10 | 1.5.0.11 | 1.5.0.12 | 1.5.1 | 1.5.2 | 1.5.3 | 1.5.4 | 1.5.5 | 1.5.6 | 1.5.7 | 1.5.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.0.0.1 | 2.0.0.2 | 2.0.0.3 | 2.0.0.4 | 2.0.0.5 | 2.0.0.6 | 2.0.0.7 | 2.0.0.8 | 2.0.0.9 | 2.0.0.10 | 2.0.0.11 | 2.0.0.12 | 2.0.0.13 | 2.0.0.14 | 2.0.0.15 | 2.0.0.16 | 2.0.0.17 | 2.0.0.18 | 2.0.0.19 | 2.0.0.20 | 3.0 | 3.0.1 | 3.0.2 | 3.0.3 | 3.0.4 | 3.0.5 | 3.0.6 | 3.0.7 | 3.0.8 | 3.0.9 | 3.0.10 | 3.0.11 | 3.0.12 | 3.0.13 | 3.0.14 | 3.0.15 | 3.0.16 | 3.0.17 | 3.5 | 3.5.1 | 3.5.2 | 3.5.3 | 3.5.4 | 3.5.5 | 3.5.6 | 3.5.7 | 3.5.8 | 3.5.9 | 3.5.10 | 3.5.11 | 3.5.12 | 3.5.13 | 3.5.14 | 3.5.15 | 3.6 | 3.6.2 | 3.6.3 | 3.6.4 | 3.6.6 | 3.6.7 | 3.6.8 | 3.6.9 | 3.6.10 | 3.6.11 | 3.6.12 | 3.6.13 | 3.6.14 | 3.6.15 | 3.6.16 | 3.6.17 | 3.6.18 | 3.6.19 | 3.6.20 | 3.6.21 | 3.6.22 | 3.6.23 | 3.6.24 | 3.6.25 | 4.0 | 4.0:beta1 | 4.0:beta10 | 4.0:beta11 | 4.0:beta12 | 4.0:beta2 | 4.0:beta3 | 4.0:beta4 | 4.0:beta5 | 4.0:beta6 | 4.0:beta7 | 4.0:beta8 | 4.0:beta9 | 4.0.1 | 5.0 | 5.0.1 | 6.0 | 6.0.1 | 6.0.2 | 7.0 | 7.0.1 | 8.0 | 8.0.1 | 9.0 | 9.0.1 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 12.0:beta6 | 13.0 | 13.0.1 | 14.0 | 14.0.1 | 15.0
  • seamonkey≤ 2.13 | 2.0 | 2.0:alpha_1 | 2.0:alpha_2 | 2.0:alpha_3 | 2.0:beta_1 | 2.0:beta_2 | 2.0:rc1 | 2.0:rc2 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.4 | 2.0.5 | 2.0.6 | 2.0.7 | 2.0.8 | 2.0.9 | 2.0.10 | 2.0.11 | 2.0.12 | 2.0.13 | 2.0.14 | 2.1 | 2.1:alpha1 | 2.1:alpha2 | 2.1:alpha3 | 2.1:beta1 | 2.1:beta2 | 2.1:beta3 | 2.1:rc1 | 2.1:rc2 | 2.2 | 2.2:beta1 | 2.2:beta2 | 2.2:beta3 | 2.3 | 2.3:beta1 | 2.3:beta2 | 2.3:beta3 | 2.3.1 | 2.3.2 | 2.3.3 | 2.4 | 2.4:beta1 | 2.4:beta2 | 2.4:beta3 | 2.4.1 | 2.5 | 2.5:beta1 | 2.5:beta2 | 2.5:beta3 | 2.5:beta4 | 2.6 | 2.6:beta1 | 2.6:beta2 | 2.6:beta3 | 2.6:beta4 | 2.6.1 | 2.7 | 2.7:beta1 | 2.7:beta2 | 2.7:beta3 | 2.7:beta4 | 2.7:beta5 | 2.7.1 | 2.7.2 | 2.8 | 2.8:beta1 | 2.8:beta2 | 2.8:beta3 | 2.8:beta4 | 2.8:beta5 | 2.8:beta6 | 2.9 | 2.9:beta1 | 2.9:beta2 | 2.9:beta3 | 2.9:beta4 | 2.9.1 | 2.10 | 2.10:beta1 | 2.10:beta2 | 2.10:beta3 | 2.10.1 | 2.11 | 2.11:beta1 | 2.11:beta2 | 2.11:beta3 | 2.11:beta4 | 2.11:beta5 | 2.11:beta6 | 2.12 | 2.12:beta1 | 2.12:beta2 | 2.12:beta3 | 2.12:beta4 | 2.12:beta5 | 2.12:beta6 | 2.12.1 | 2.13:beta1 | 2.13:beta2 | 2.13:beta3 | 2.13:beta4 | 2.13:beta5
  • thunderbird≤ 15.0.1 | 1.0 | 1.0.1 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.3 | 1.0.4 | 1.0.5 | 1.0.5:beta | 1.0.6 | 1.0.7 | 1.0.8 | 1.5 | 1.5:beta2 | 1.5.0.1 | 1.5.0.2 | 1.5.0.3 | 1.5.0.4 | 1.5.0.5 | 1.5.0.6 | 1.5.0.7 | 1.5.0.8 | 1.5.0.9 | 1.5.0.10 | 1.5.0.11 | 1.5.0.12 | 1.5.0.13 | 1.5.0.14 | 1.5.1 | 1.5.2 | 1.7.1 | 1.7.3 | 2.0 | 2.0.0.0 | 2.0.0.1 | 2.0.0.2 | 2.0.0.3 | 2.0.0.4 | 2.0.0.5 | 2.0.0.6 | 2.0.0.7 | 2.0.0.8 | 2.0.0.9 | 2.0.0.11 | 2.0.0.12 | 2.0.0.13 | 2.0.0.14 | 2.0.0.15 | 2.0.0.16 | 2.0.0.17 | 2.0.0.18 | 2.0.0.19 | 2.0.0.20 | 2.0.0.21 | 2.0.0.22 | 2.0.0.23 | 3.0 | 3.0.1 | 3.0.2 | 3.0.3 | 3.0.4 | 3.0.5 | 3.0.6 | 3.0.7 | 3.0.8 | 3.0.9 | 3.0.10 | 3.0.11 | 3.1 | 3.1.1 | 31.2 | 31.3 | 3.1.4 | 3.1.5 | 3.1.6 | 3.1.7 | 31.8 | 3.1.9 | 3.1.10 | 3.1.11 | 31.1.2 | 3.1.13 | 3.1.14 | 3.1.15 | 3.1.16 | 3.1.17 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.0.1 | 6.0.2 | 7.0 | 7.0.1 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 9.0.1 | 10.0 | 10.0.1 | 10.0.2 | 10.0.3 | 10.0.4 | 11.0 | 11.0.1 | 12.0 | 12.0.1 | 13.0 | 13.0.1 | 14.0 | 15.0
  • thunderbird_esr10.0 | 10.0.1 | 10.0.2 | 10.0.3 | 10.0.4 | 10.0.5 | 10.0.6 | 10.0.7

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