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.
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Information
Published : 2012-11-21 12:55
Updated : 2020-08-21 18:45
NVD link : CVE-2012-4205
Mitre link : CVE-2012-4205
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-4205
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Products Affected
suse
- linux_enterprise_desktop
- linux_enterprise_server
- linux_enterprise_software_development_kit
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
mozilla
- firefox
- thunderbird
- seamonkey
opensuse
- opensuse
CWE
CWE-352
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)