CVE-2012-3993 is a critical vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey versions prior to 16.0, 10.0.8, and 2.13 respectively. It stems from improper interaction between the Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) and InstallTrigger method failures, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring medium attack complexity but enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, a Metasploit module exists for exploitation, indicating readily available exploit code, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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