Mozilla: XMLHttpRequest inherits incorrect principal within sandbox (MFSA 2012-97)
Published Nov 21, 2012
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.61%
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Thunderbird before 17.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 assign the system principal, rather than the sandbox principal, to XMLHttpRequest objects created in sandboxes, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks or obtain sensitive information by leveraging a sandboxed add-on.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
Configuration 2
- 10.04
- 11.10
- 12.04
- 12.10
Configuration 3
- 11.4
- 12.1
- 12.2
- 10
- 11
- 10
- 11
- 11
- 11
- 11
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue does not affect the version of firefox and thunderbird as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6
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:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.61% (0.01613) | 75.10th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.61% (0.01613) | 72.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.65% (0.00647) | 69.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.38% (0.00378) | 73.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.38% (0.00378) | 72.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.38% (0.00378) | 68.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 85.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 84.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 67.70th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (24)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/51369 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/51440 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-97.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56621 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4205 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=779821 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=877625 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80175 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4205
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16965 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4205
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