Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird CVE-2012-3974 Local Code Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	55312
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2012-3974
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Aug 28 2012 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 13 2015 09:56PM
Credit:	Masato Kinugawa
Vulnerable:	Xerox FreeFlow Print Server (FFPS) 73.C5.11 Xerox FreeFlow Print Server (FFPS) 73.C0.41 Xerox FreeFlow Print Server (FFPS) 73.B3.61 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS i386 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS amd64 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.10 i386 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.10 amd64 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.04 powerpc Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.04 i386 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.04 ARM Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.04 amd64 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 sparc Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 powerpc Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 i386 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 ARM Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 amd64 SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware 11 SP2 SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 + Linux kernel 2.6.5 SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 11 SP2 SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 10 SP4 SuSE Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 SuSE Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 Sun Solaris 10_x86 Sun Solaris 10_sparc Slackware Linux x86_64 -current Slackware Linux 14.0 x86_64 Slackware Linux 14.0 Slackware Linux 13.37 x86_64 Slackware Linux 13.37 Slackware Linux -current S.u.S.E. openSUSE 12.2 S.u.S.E. openSUSE 12.1 S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.4 Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional 6 Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Optional 6 Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6 Redhat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional 6 Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation 5 client Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional 6 Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 client Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 Server Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.2 Oracle Enterprise Linux 6 Mozilla Thunderbird ESR 10.0.5 Mozilla Thunderbird ESR 10.0.4 Mozilla Thunderbird ESR 10.0.3 Mozilla Thunderbird ESR 10.0.6 Mozilla Thunderbird ESR 10.0.2 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.20 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.14 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.13 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.12 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.7 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.5 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.4 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.11 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.9 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.9 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.8 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.5 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.4 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.2 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.1 Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 24 Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 .9 Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 .8 Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 .6 Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 .5 Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 .4 Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 .19 Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 .17 Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 .16 Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 .15 Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 .14 Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 .13 Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 .12 Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 beta 2 Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 .9 Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 .13 Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.8 Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.5 Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.1 Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3 Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.2 Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1 Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7 Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6 Mozilla Thunderbird 9.0 Mozilla Thunderbird 8.0 Mozilla Thunderbird 7.0.1 Mozilla Thunderbird 7.0 Mozilla Thunderbird 6.0.2 Mozilla Thunderbird 6.0.1 Mozilla Thunderbird 6.0 Mozilla Thunderbird 6 Mozilla Thunderbird 6 Mozilla Thunderbird 5.0 Mozilla Thunderbird 5 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.3 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.3 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.9 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.8 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.7 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.6 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.3 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.2 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.19 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.18 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.18 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.17 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.16 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.15 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.11 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.10 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.1 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.7 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.6 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.4 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.3 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.11 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.10 Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0 Mozilla Thunderbird 2.1 Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.20 Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.11 Mozilla Thunderbird 14.0 Mozilla Thunderbird 14 Mozilla Thunderbird 13.0 Mozilla Thunderbird 12.0 Mozilla Thunderbird 11.0 Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0.2 Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0.1 Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0 Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0 Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.14 Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.1 Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.5 Beta Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.5 Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.4 Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.3 Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.6 Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.2 Mozilla Firefox 9.0.1 Mozilla Firefox 3.6.28 Mozilla Firefox 3.6.22 Mozilla Firefox 3.6.13 Mozilla Firefox 3.6.10 Mozilla Firefox 3.6.9 Mozilla Firefox 3.6.8 Mozilla Firefox 3.6.6 Mozilla Firefox 3.6.4 Mozilla Firefox 3.6.3 Mozilla Firefox 3.6.2 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.17 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.16 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.14 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.13 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.10 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.9 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.8 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.7 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.6 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.5 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.4 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.2 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.1 Mozilla Firefox 3.5 Mozilla Firefox 3.0.18 Mozilla Firefox 3.0.17 Mozilla Firefox 3.0.16 Mozilla Firefox 3.0.15 Mozilla Firefox 3.0.14 Mozilla Firefox 3.0.13 Mozilla Firefox 3.0.12 Mozilla Firefox 3.0.11 Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 Mozilla Firefox 3.0.9 Mozilla Firefox 3.0.8 Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7 Beta Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7 Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6 Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4 Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3 Mozilla Firefox 3.0.2 Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1 Mozilla Firefox 2.0 20 Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .9 Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .8 Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .7 Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .6 Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .5 Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .4 Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .3 Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .19 Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .17 Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .16 Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .10 Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .1 Mozilla Firefox 1.5.8 Mozilla Firefox 1.5.7 Mozilla Firefox 1.5.6 Mozilla Firefox 1.5.5 Mozilla Firefox 1.5.4 Mozilla Firefox 1.5.2 Mozilla Firefox 1.5.1 Mozilla Firefox 1.5 beta 2 Mozilla Firefox 1.5 beta 1 Mozilla Firefox 1.5 12 Mozilla Firefox 1.5 .8 Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Mozilla Firefox 1.0.8 Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6 Mozilla Firefox 1.0.5 Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4 Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3 Mozilla Firefox 1.0.2 Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1 Mozilla Firefox 1.0 Mozilla Firefox 0.10.1 Mozilla Firefox 0.10 Mozilla Firefox 0.9.3 Mozilla Firefox 0.9.2 Mozilla Firefox 0.9.1 Mozilla Firefox 0.9 rc Mozilla Firefox 0.9 Mozilla Firefox 0.8 Mozilla Firefox 0.6.1 Mozilla Firefox 0.0.13 Mozilla Firefox 9.0 Mozilla Firefox 8.0.1 Mozilla Firefox 8.0 Mozilla Firefox 7.0.1 Mozilla Firefox 7.0 Mozilla Firefox 7 Mozilla Firefox 6.0.2 Mozilla Firefox 6.0.1 Mozilla Firefox 6.0 Mozilla Firefox 6 Mozilla Firefox 5.0.1 Mozilla Firefox 5.0 Mozilla Firefox 4.0.1 Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta9 Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta8 Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta7 Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta6 Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta5 Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta4 Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta3 Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta12 Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta11 Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta10 Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta1 Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Mozilla Firefox 3.6.7 Mozilla Firefox 3.6.6 Mozilla Firefox 3.6.27 Mozilla Firefox 3.6.26 Mozilla Firefox 3.6.25 Mozilla Firefox 3.6.24 Mozilla Firefox 3.6.23 Mozilla Firefox 3.6.21 Mozilla Firefox 3.6.20 Mozilla Firefox 3.6.19 Mozilla Firefox 3.6.18 Mozilla Firefox 3.6.17 Mozilla Firefox 3.6.16 Mozilla Firefox 3.6.15 Mozilla Firefox 3.6.14 Mozilla Firefox 3.6.12 Mozilla Firefox 3.6.11 Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Beta 3 Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Beta 2 Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.19 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.18 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.17 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.15 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.12 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.11 Mozilla Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 Mozilla Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 Mozilla Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 Mozilla Firefox 3.0.19 Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.2 Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.19 Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.18 Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.15 Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14 Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.13 Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.12 Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11 Mozilla Firefox 2.0 RC3 Mozilla Firefox 2.0 RC2 Mozilla Firefox 2.0 beta 1 Mozilla Firefox 2.0 Mozilla Firefox 14.01 Mozilla Firefox 14.0 Mozilla Firefox 14 Mozilla Firefox 13.0 Mozilla Firefox 12.0 Mozilla Firefox 11.0 Mozilla Firefox 10.0.2 Mozilla Firefox 10.0.1 Mozilla Firefox 10.0 Mozilla Firefox 10 Mozilla Firefox 1.8 Mozilla Firefox 1.5.3 Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.9 Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.7 Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6 Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.5 Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4 Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3 Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2 Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.11 Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.10 Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1 Mozilla Firefox 1.4.1 Mozilla Firefox 0.7 Mozilla Firefox 0.6 Mozilla Firefox 0.5 Mozilla Firefox 0.4 Mozilla Firefox 0.3 Mozilla Firefox 0.2 Mozilla Firefox 0.1 Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 3.6.31 Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 3.6.30 Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 3.6.27 Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 3.6.26 Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 9.2 Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 9.1 Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 9.0.1 Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 3.6.30 Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 3.6.29 Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 12.3 Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 12.2.1 Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 12.1 Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 12.0 Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 11.0 Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2011 x86_64 Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2011 MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5 x86_64 MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5
Not Vulnerable:	Mozilla Thunderbird ESR 10.0.7 Mozilla Thunderbird 15 Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.7 Mozilla Firefox 15 Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 15.0

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird CVE-2012-3974 Local Code Execution Vulnerability

Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird are prone to a local code-execution vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.

Note: The issue was previously covered in BID 55249 (Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2012-57 through -72 Multiple Vulnerabilities), but has been provided its own record to better document it.

These issues are fixed in:

Firefox 15
Firefox ESR 10.0.7
Thunderbird 15
Thunderbird ESR 10.0.7

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird CVE-2012-3974 Local Code Execution Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird CVE-2012-3974 Local Code Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.


Slackware Linux 14.0 x86_64

• Slackware mozilla-thunderbird-16.0.2-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/package s/mozilla-thunderbird-16.0.2-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz


• Slackware seamonkey-2.13.2-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/package s/seamonkey-2.13.2-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz


• Slackware seamonkey-solibs-2.13.2-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/package s/seamonkey-solibs-2.13.2-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird CVE-2012-3974 Local Code Execution Vulnerability

References:

• Cisco NX-OS Download Page (Cisco)
  
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Firefox (Oracle)
  
• Pale Moon: Release notes (Moonchild Productions)
  
• Xerox Security Bulletin XRX13-003 (Xerox)
  
• Cisco NX-OS Software TACACS+ Command Authorization Vulnerability (Cisco)
  
• Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2012-67 (Mozilla)
  
• Xerox Security Bulletin XRX13-004 (Xerox)