Mozilla: Information disclosure though Windows file shares and shortcut files (MFSA 2012-37)
Published Jun 5, 2012
2.9
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.46%
Description
Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 12.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.5, Thunderbird 5.0 through 12.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.10 allow local users to obtain sensitive information via an HTML document that loads a shortcut (aka .lnk) file for display within an IFRAME element, as demonstrated by a network share implemented by (1) Microsoft Windows or (2) Samba.
Affected products
No data.
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0.1
- 5.0
- 5.0.1
- 6.0
- 6.0.1
- 6.0.2
- 7.0
- 7.0.1
- 8.0
- 8.0.1
- 9.0
- 9.0.1
- 10.0
- 10.0.1
- 10.0.2
- 10.0.3
- 10.0.4
- 11.0
- 12.0
- 12.0
- ≤ 2.9
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 1.0.9
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 1.1.4
- 1.1.5
- 1.1.6
- 1.1.7
- 1.1.8
- 1.1.9
- 1.1.10
- 1.1.11
- 1.1.12
- 1.1.13
- 1.1.14
- 1.1.15
- 1.1.16
- 1.1.17
- 1.1.18
- 1.1.19
- 1.5.0.8
- 1.5.0.9
- 1.5.0.10
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.0.7
- 2.0.8
- 2.0.9
- 2.0.10
- 2.0.11
- 2.0.12
- 2.0.13
- 2.0.14
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.2
- 2.2
- 2.2
- 2.2
- 2.3
- 2.3
- 2.3
- 2.3
- 2.3.1
- 2.3.2
- 2.3.3
- 2.4
- 2.4
- 2.4
- 2.4
- 2.4.1
- 2.5
- 2.5
- 2.5
- 2.5
- 2.5
- 2.6
- 2.6
- 2.6
- 2.6
- 2.6
- 2.6.1
- 2.7
- 2.7
- 2.7
- 2.7
- 2.7
- 2.7
- 2.7.1
- 2.7.2
- 2.8
- 2.8
- 2.8
- 2.8
- 2.8
- 2.8
- 2.8
- 2.9
- 2.9
- 2.9
- 5.0
- 6.0
- 6.0.1
- 6.0.2
- 7.0
- 7.0.1
- 8.0
- 9.0
- 9.0.1
- 10.0
- 10.0.1
- 10.0.2
- 10.0.3
- 10.0.4
- 11.0
- 12.0
- 10.0
- 10.0.1
- 10.0.2
- 10.0.3
- 10.0.4
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:10.0.5-1.el5_8
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0710
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird-0:10.0.5-2.el5_8
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0715
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
xulrunner-0:10.0.5-1.el5_8
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0710
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox-0:10.0.5-1.el6_2
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0710
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird-0:10.0.5-2.el6_2
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0715
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
xulrunner-0:10.0.5-1.el6_2
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0710
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:10.0.5-1.el5_8 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0710 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird-0:10.0.5-2.el5_8 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0715 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xulrunner-0:10.0.5-1.el5_8 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0710 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox-0:10.0.5-1.el6_2 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0710 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird-0:10.0.5-2.el6_2 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0715 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | xulrunner-0:10.0.5-1.el6_2 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0710 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
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.
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 | 0.46% (0.00463) | 37.78th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.46% (0.00463) | 36.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.19% (0.00192) | 39.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00096) | 41.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 11, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00096) | 40.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.10% (0.00096) | 38.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 61.76th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 19, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 60.79th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 58.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 35.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00012.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00015.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0710.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0715.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:088 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-37.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1945 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=670514 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=827831 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1945
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16743 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1945
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.