CVE-2012-4206
First published: Wed Nov 21 2012(Updated: )
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0 and Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the default downloads directory.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| All of | ||
| Any of | ||
| Firefox | <=16.0.2 | |
| Firefox | =0.1 | |
| Firefox | =0.2 | |
| Firefox | =0.3 | |
| Firefox | =0.4 | |
| Firefox | =0.5 | |
| Firefox | =0.6 | |
| Firefox | =0.6.1 | |
| Firefox | =0.7 | |
| Firefox | =0.7.1 | |
| Firefox | =0.8 | |
| Firefox | =0.9 | |
| Firefox | =0.9-rc | |
| Firefox | =0.9.1 | |
| Firefox | =0.9.2 | |
| Firefox | =0.9.3 | |
| Firefox | =0.10 | |
| Firefox | =0.10.1 | |
| Firefox | =1.0 | |
| Firefox | =1.0-preview_release | |
| Firefox | =1.0.1 | |
| Firefox | =1.0.2 | |
| Firefox | =1.0.3 | |
| Firefox | =1.0.4 | |
| Firefox | =1.0.5 | |
| Firefox | =1.0.6 | |
| Firefox | =1.0.7 | |
| Firefox | =1.0.8 | |
| Firefox | =1.4.1 | |
| Firefox | =1.5 | |
| Firefox | =1.5-beta1 | |
| Firefox | =1.5-beta2 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.0.1 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.0.2 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.0.3 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.0.4 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.0.5 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.0.6 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.0.7 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.0.8 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.0.9 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.0.10 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.0.11 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.0.12 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.1 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.2 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.3 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.4 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.5 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.6 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.7 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.8 | |
| Firefox | =1.8 | |
| Firefox | =2.0 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.1 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.2 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.3 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.4 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.5 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.6 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.7 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.8 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.9 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.10 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.11 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.12 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.13 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.14 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.15 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.16 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.17 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.18 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.19 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.20 | |
| Firefox | =3.0 | |
| Firefox | =3.0.1 | |
| Firefox | =3.0.2 | |
| Firefox | =3.0.3 | |
| Firefox | =3.0.4 | |
| Firefox | =3.0.5 | |
| Firefox | =3.0.6 | |
| Firefox | =3.0.7 | |
| Firefox | =3.0.8 | |
| Firefox | =3.0.9 | |
| Firefox | =3.0.10 | |
| Firefox | =3.0.11 | |
| Firefox | =3.0.12 | |
| Firefox | =3.0.13 | |
| Firefox | =3.0.14 | |
| Firefox | =3.0.15 | |
| Firefox | =3.0.16 | |
| Firefox | =3.0.17 | |
| Firefox | =3.5 | |
| Firefox | =3.5.1 | |
| Firefox | =3.5.2 | |
| Firefox | =3.5.3 | |
| Firefox | =3.5.4 | |
| Firefox | =3.5.5 | |
| Firefox | =3.5.6 | |
| Firefox | =3.5.7 | |
| Firefox | =3.5.8 | |
| Firefox | =3.5.9 | |
| Firefox | =3.5.10 | |
| Firefox | =3.5.11 | |
| Firefox | =3.5.12 | |
| Firefox | =3.5.13 | |
| Firefox | =3.5.14 | |
| Firefox | =3.5.15 | |
| Firefox | =3.6 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.2 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.3 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.4 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.6 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.7 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.8 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.9 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.10 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.11 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.12 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.13 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.14 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.15 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.16 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.17 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.18 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.19 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.20 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.21 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.22 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.23 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.24 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.25 | |
| Firefox | =4.0 | |
| Firefox | =4.0-beta1 | |
| Firefox | =4.0-beta10 | |
| Firefox | =4.0-beta11 | |
| Firefox | =4.0-beta12 | |
| Firefox | =4.0-beta2 | |
| Firefox | =4.0-beta3 | |
| Firefox | =4.0-beta4 | |
| Firefox | =4.0-beta5 | |
| Firefox | =4.0-beta6 | |
| Firefox | =4.0-beta7 | |
| Firefox | =4.0-beta8 | |
| Firefox | =4.0-beta9 | |
| Firefox | =4.0.1 | |
| Firefox | =5.0 | |
| Firefox | =5.0.1 | |
| Firefox | =6.0 | |
| Firefox | =6.0.1 | |
| Firefox | =6.0.2 | |
| Firefox | =7.0 | |
| Firefox | =7.0.1 | |
| Firefox | =8.0 | |
| Firefox | =8.0.1 | |
| Firefox | =9.0 | |
| Firefox | =9.0.1 | |
| Firefox | =10.0 | |
| Firefox | =10.0.1 | |
| Firefox | =10.0.2 | |
| Firefox | =11.0 | |
| Firefox | =12.0 | |
| Firefox | =12.0-beta6 | |
| Firefox | =13.0 | |
| Firefox | =13.0.1 | |
| Firefox | =14.0 | |
| Firefox | =14.0.1 | |
| Firefox | =15.0 | |
| Firefox | =15.0.1 | |
| Firefox | =16.0 | |
| Firefox | =16.0.1 | |
| Microsoft Windows | ||
| All of | ||
| Any of | ||
| Firefox | =10.0 | |
| Firefox | =10.0.1 | |
| Firefox | =10.0.2 | |
| Firefox | =10.0.3 | |
| Firefox | =10.0.4 | |
| Firefox | =10.0.5 | |
| Firefox | =10.0.6 | |
| Firefox | =10.0.7 | |
| Firefox | =10.0.8 | |
| Firefox | =10.0.9 | |
| Firefox | =10.0.10 | |
| Microsoft Windows | ||
| Firefox | <=16.0.2 | |
| Firefox | =0.1 | |
| Firefox | =0.2 | |
| Firefox | =0.3 | |
| Firefox | =0.4 | |
| Firefox | =0.5 | |
| Firefox | =0.6 | |
| Firefox | =0.6.1 | |
| Firefox | =0.7 | |
| Firefox | =0.7.1 | |
| Firefox | =0.8 | |
| Firefox | =0.9 | |
| Firefox | =0.9-rc | |
| Firefox | =0.9.1 | |
| Firefox | =0.9.2 | |
| Firefox | =0.9.3 | |
| Firefox | =0.10 | |
| Firefox | =0.10.1 | |
| Firefox | =1.0 | |
| Firefox | =1.0-preview_release | |
| Firefox | =1.0.1 | |
| Firefox | =1.0.2 | |
| Firefox | =1.0.3 | |
| Firefox | =1.0.4 | |
| Firefox | =1.0.5 | |
| Firefox | =1.0.6 | |
| Firefox | =1.0.7 | |
| Firefox | =1.0.8 | |
| Firefox | =1.4.1 | |
| Firefox | =1.5 | |
| Firefox | =1.5-beta1 | |
| Firefox | =1.5-beta2 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.0.1 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.0.2 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.0.3 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.0.4 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.0.5 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.0.6 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.0.7 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.0.8 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.0.9 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.0.10 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.0.11 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.0.12 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.1 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.2 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.3 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.4 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.5 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.6 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.7 | |
| Firefox | =1.5.8 | |
| Firefox | =1.8 | |
| Firefox | =2.0 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.1 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.2 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.3 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.4 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.5 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.6 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.7 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.8 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.9 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.10 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.11 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.12 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.13 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.14 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.15 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.16 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.17 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.18 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.19 | |
| Firefox | =2.0.0.20 | |
| Firefox | =3.0 | |
| Firefox | =3.0.1 | |
| Firefox | =3.0.2 | |
| Firefox | =3.0.3 | |
| Firefox | =3.0.4 | |
| Firefox | =3.0.5 | |
| Firefox | =3.0.6 | |
| Firefox | =3.0.7 | |
| Firefox | =3.0.8 | |
| Firefox | =3.0.9 | |
| Firefox | =3.0.10 | |
| Firefox | =3.0.11 | |
| Firefox | =3.0.12 | |
| Firefox | =3.0.13 | |
| Firefox | =3.0.14 | |
| Firefox | =3.0.15 | |
| Firefox | =3.0.16 | |
| Firefox | =3.0.17 | |
| Firefox | =3.5 | |
| Firefox | =3.5.1 | |
| Firefox | =3.5.2 | |
| Firefox | =3.5.3 | |
| Firefox | =3.5.4 | |
| Firefox | =3.5.5 | |
| Firefox | =3.5.6 | |
| Firefox | =3.5.7 | |
| Firefox | =3.5.8 | |
| Firefox | =3.5.9 | |
| Firefox | =3.5.10 | |
| Firefox | =3.5.11 | |
| Firefox | =3.5.12 | |
| Firefox | =3.5.13 | |
| Firefox | =3.5.14 | |
| Firefox | =3.5.15 | |
| Firefox | =3.6 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.2 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.3 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.4 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.6 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.7 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.8 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.9 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.10 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.11 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.12 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.13 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.14 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.15 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.16 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.17 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.18 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.19 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.20 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.21 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.22 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.23 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.24 | |
| Firefox | =3.6.25 | |
| Firefox | =4.0 | |
| Firefox | =4.0-beta1 | |
| Firefox | =4.0-beta10 | |
| Firefox | =4.0-beta11 | |
| Firefox | =4.0-beta12 | |
| Firefox | =4.0-beta2 | |
| Firefox | =4.0-beta3 | |
| Firefox | =4.0-beta4 | |
| Firefox | =4.0-beta5 | |
| Firefox | =4.0-beta6 | |
| Firefox | =4.0-beta7 | |
| Firefox | =4.0-beta8 | |
| Firefox | =4.0-beta9 | |
| Firefox | =4.0.1 | |
| Firefox | =5.0 | |
| Firefox | =5.0.1 | |
| Firefox | =6.0 | |
| Firefox | =6.0.1 | |
| Firefox | =6.0.2 | |
| Firefox | =7.0 | |
| Firefox | =7.0.1 | |
| Firefox | =8.0 | |
| Firefox | =8.0.1 | |
| Firefox | =9.0 | |
| Firefox | =9.0.1 | |
| Firefox | =10.0 | |
| Firefox | =10.0.1 | |
| Firefox | =10.0.2 | |
| Firefox | =11.0 | |
| Firefox | =12.0 | |
| Firefox | =12.0-beta6 | |
| Firefox | =13.0 | |
| Firefox | =13.0.1 | |
| Firefox | =14.0 | |
| Firefox | =14.0.1 | |
| Firefox | =15.0 | |
| Firefox | =15.0.1 | |
| Firefox | =16.0 | |
| Firefox | =16.0.1 | |
| Microsoft Windows | ||
| Firefox ESR | =10.0 | |
| Firefox ESR | =10.0.1 | |
| Firefox ESR | =10.0.2 | |
| Firefox ESR | =10.0.3 | |
| Firefox ESR | =10.0.4 | |
| Firefox ESR | =10.0.5 | |
| Firefox ESR | =10.0.6 | |
| Firefox ESR | =10.0.7 | |
| Firefox ESR | =10.0.8 | |
| Firefox ESR | =10.0.9 | |
| Firefox ESR | =10.0.10 |
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Reference Links
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-98.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=792106
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80176
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16991
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the severity of CVE-2012-4206?
CVE-2012-4206 is classified as a moderate severity vulnerability that allows local users to exploit untrusted search paths.
How do I fix CVE-2012-4206?
To fix CVE-2012-4206, upgrade Mozilla Firefox to version 17.0 or later, or Firefox ESR to version 10.0.11 or later.
What impact does CVE-2012-4206 have on users?
CVE-2012-4206 allows attackers to gain elevated privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the default downloads directory.
Which versions of Mozilla Firefox are affected by CVE-2012-4206?
CVE-2012-4206 affects Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 17.0 and Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11.
Is CVE-2012-4206 present in all Windows versions of Firefox?
CVE-2012-4206 is specifically a vulnerability in Windows versions of Mozilla Firefox prior to version 17.0.
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