CVE-2012-0458

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-0458
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-03-14 19:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionMozilla Firefox before 3.6.28 and 4.x through 10.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, Thunderbird before 3.1.20 and 5.0 through 10.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.8 do not properly restrict setting the home page through the dragging of a URL to the home button, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via a javascript: URL that is later interpreted in the about:sessionrestore context.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox 10.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 10.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 10.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey - All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0 alpha All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0 beta All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1 alpha All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1 beta All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.13 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.14 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.15 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.16 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.17 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.18 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.19 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.5.0.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.5.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.5.0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0 alpha_1 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0 alpha_2 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0 alpha_3 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0 beta_1 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0 beta_2 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0 rc1 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0 rc2 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0.13 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0.14 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.1 alpha1 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.1 alpha2 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.1 alpha3 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.1 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.1 beta2 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.1 beta3 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.1 rc1 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.1 rc2 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.2 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.2 beta2 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.2 beta3 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.3 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.3 beta2 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.3 beta3 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.3.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.3.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.3.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.4 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.4 beta2 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.4 beta3 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.4.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.5 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.5 beta2 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.5 beta3 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.5 beta4 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.6 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.6 beta2 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.6 beta3 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.6 beta4 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.6.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.7 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.7 beta2 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.7 beta3 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.7 beta4 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.7 beta5 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.7.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.7.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird Esr 10.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird Esr 10.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird Esr 10.0.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mozilla Seamonkey Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2433-1 iceweasel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2012:0417-1: moderate: update for MozillaFirefox, MozillaThu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
USN-1400-5: GSettings desktop schemas regression | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-1400-2: ubufox update | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Advisory SA48624 - SUSE update for MozillaFirefox - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
mandriva.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA48823 - Pale Moon Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
718203 – prevent self-XSS in homepage icon (disallow javascript: drops) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:0425-1: critical: Security update for M af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
USN-1400-1: Firefox vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:0424-1: critical: Security update for M af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
MFSA 2012-16: Escalation of privilege with Javascript: URL as home page af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA48920 - Debian update for iceape - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
USN-1401-1: Xulrunner vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
USN-1400-4: Thunderbird regressions | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Mozilla Firefox/SeaMonkey/Thunderbird CVE-2012-0458 Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
USN-1400-3: Thunderbird vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
723808 – disallow inheriting of system principal in type=content docshells af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA48359 - Red Hat update for thunderbird - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2458-2 iceape af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA48561 - Pale Moon Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
719994 – (CVE-2012-0458) loads of principal-inheriting URIs (e.g. javascript:) on chrome-privileged pages (e.g. about:sessionstore) allows unexpected privilege escalation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
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