CVE-2012-4203medium
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Description
The New Tab page in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0 uses a privileged context for execution of JavaScript code by bookmarklets, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to run arbitrary programs by leveraging a javascript: URL in a bookmark.
References
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/51369
http://secunia.com/advisories/51434
http://secunia.com/advisories/51439
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-95.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56623
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=765628
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16503
Vulnerable Software
Configuration 1
OR
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Tenable Plugins
| ID | Name | Product | Family | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74826 | openSUSE Security Update : xulrunner (openSUSE-SU-2012:1586-1) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | critical |
| 74824 | openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-SU-2012:1583-1) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | critical |
| 64135 | SuSE 11.2 Security Update : Mozilla Firefox (SAT Patch Number 7093) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | critical |
| 63145 | Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 : firefox regressions (USN-1638-3) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | critical |
| 801327 | Mozilla Firefox 16.x <= 16 Multiple Vulnerabilities | Log Correlation Engine | Web Clients | high |
| 6625 | Mozilla Firefox < 17.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities | Nessus Network Monitor | Web Clients | high |
| 63091 | SuSE 10 Security Update : Mozilla Firefox (ZYPP Patch Number 8381) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | critical |
| 63026 | Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 : ubufox update (USN-1638-2) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | critical |
| 63025 | Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-1638-1) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | critical |
| 62998 | Firefox < 17.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities | Nessus | Windows | critical |
| 62994 | Firefox < 17.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X) | Nessus | MacOS X Local Security Checks | critical |
| 62979 | FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (d23119df-335d-11e2-b64c-c8600054b392) | Nessus | FreeBSD Local Security Checks | high |