Mozilla Thunderbird < 16.0

medium Nessus Plugin ID 279146

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Synopsis

A mail client installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of Thunderbird installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 16.0. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the mfsa2012-75 advisory.

- Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Thunderbird before 16.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 do not properly handle navigation away from a web page that has a SELECT element's menu active, which allows remote attackers to spoof page content via vectors involving absolute positioning and scrolling. (CVE-2012-3984)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird version 16.0 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 279146

File Name: mozilla_thunderbird_16_0.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 12/18/2025

Updated: 12/18/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-3984

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Mozilla Thunderbird

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/9/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3984

IAVA: 2012-A-0172-S

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