MEDIUM
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
Published Jun 5, 2012
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.30%
Description
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.
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.
6.9 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
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.
0.30% 0.00297
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00297
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.30% (0.00297) | 20.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.29% (0.00294) | 20.89th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00053) | 13.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 16.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 10, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 14.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 12.10th | 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 (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (4)
- 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
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=750850 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16924 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 | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=750850 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16924 | 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-2012-1943
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a