Mozilla: Select element persistance allows for attacks (MFSA 2012-75)
Published Oct 10, 2012
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.68%
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Thunderbird before 16.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 do not properly handle navigation away from a web page that has multiple menus of SELECT elements active, which allows remote attackers to conduct clickjacking attacks via vectors involving an XPI file, the window.open method, and the Geolocation API, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-3984.
Affected products
No data.
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
Not vulnerable. 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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.68% (0.01678) | 76.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.68% (0.01678) | 73.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 73.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.05% (0.02053) | 73.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.01% (0.01008) | 75.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.17% (0.01169) | 85.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2024 | 1.17% (0.01169) | 84.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 28, 2023 | 1.17% (0.01169) | 82.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.97% (0.00973) | 81.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (10)
- http://osvdb.org/86171 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50856 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50935 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-75.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5354 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=726264 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=863616 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5354
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16972 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5354
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/86171 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/50856 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/50935 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link | |
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-75.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5354 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=726264 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=863616 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5354 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16972 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5354 |
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