CVE-2012-1943 json
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Updater.exe in the Windows Updater Service in Mozilla Firefox 12.0, Thunderbird 12.0, and SeaMonkey…
published 2012-06-05 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-1952
- cvss
- 6.9
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 22%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Updater.exe in the Windows Updater Service in Mozilla Firefox 12.0, Thunderbird 12.0, and SeaMonkey 2.9 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wsock32.dll file in an application directory.
Exploit prediction
0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 22% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
References
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00012.html
vendor-advisory
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mozilla.org
/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-35.html
vendor-advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=750850
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oval.cisecurity.org
/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16924
vdb-entry, signature
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2012-1943
- NVD CVE-2012-1943
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