CVE-2012-3985 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey versions prior to 16.0, which stems from an improper implementation of the HTML5 Same Origin Policy. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute XSS attacks by exploiting initial-origin access after document.domain has been modified. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and a potential impact of partial integrity compromise, with no confidentiality or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 16.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 16.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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