01 Record

CVE-2012-3993

The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.13

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.13

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 42.60% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 98.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2012-10-10 17:00Z14 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 20:21Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2012-07-11

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-269Improper Privilege ManagementClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

4a90953d655a88ae8e0112074fd04c1b265b5f870899372d38cfc3e35209fb29

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

mozillafirefoxNot specified—

mozillaseamonkeyNot specified—

mozillathunderbirdNot specified—

mozillathunderbird_esrNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

06 References

secunia.com50904http://secunia.com/advisories/50904third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com50984http://secunia.com/advisories/50984third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com50935http://secunia.com/advisories/50935third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.mozilla.orghttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-83.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
secunia.com50856http://secunia.com/advisories/50856third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com50892http://secunia.com/advisories/50892third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:16718https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16718vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:1351http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1351.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comfirefox-cow-privilege-escalation(79153)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79153vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
secunia.com50936http://secunia.com/advisories/50936third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
osvdb.org86111http://osvdb.org/86111vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
bugzilla.mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=768101x_refsource_CONFIRM
secunia.com55318http://secunia.com/advisories/55318third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2012:1351http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00010.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2012:163http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:163vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
www.ubuntu.comUSN-1611-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1611-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
www.securityfocus.com56119http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56119vdb-entryx_refsource_BID