HIGH
The Mozilla Updater and Windows Updater Service in Mozilla Firefox 12.0, Thunderbird 12.0, and SeaMonkey 2.9 on Windows allow local users to gain privileges by loading a DLL file in a privileged context
Published Jun 5, 2012
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.28%
Description
The Mozilla Updater and Windows Updater Service in Mozilla Firefox 12.0, Thunderbird 12.0, and SeaMonkey 2.9 on Windows allow local users to gain privileges by loading a DLL file in a privileged context.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.2 HIGH NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.28% 0.00282
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00282
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.28% (0.00282) | 18.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.28% (0.00279) | 19.45th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 11.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (5)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00012.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-35.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-45.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=748764 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16951 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00012.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-35.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-45.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=748764 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16951 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jun 5, 2012
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Mar 30, 2012
Link CVE-2012-1942
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a