CVE-2012-4205

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.

• CWE-352

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51369Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51370Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51381Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51434Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51439Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51440Broken Link
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-97.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56621Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=779821Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80175Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16965Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51369Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51370Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51381Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51434Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51439Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51440Broken Link
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-97.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56621Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1636-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-2Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1638-3Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=779821Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80175Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16965Third Party Advisory

Published

Nov 21, 2012

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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