CVE-2012-0450 describes a local information disclosure vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox versions 4.x through 9.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.7 on Linux and Mac OS X. The flaw stems from weak file permissions for the Firefox Recovery Key.html file, potentially allowing local attackers to read a Firefox Sync key. With a CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), this vulnerability has low severity, requiring local access and resulting only in confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:4.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:4.0:beta10:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:4.0:beta11:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:4.0:beta12:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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