Description
Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 9.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.7 on Linux and Mac OS X set weak permissions for Firefox Recovery Key.html, which might allow local users to read a Firefox Sync key via standard filesystem operations.
Published: 2012-02-01
Score: 2.1 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-0482 Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 9.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.7 on Linux and Mac OS X set weak permissions for Firefox Recovery Key.html, which might allow local users to read a Firefox Sync key via standard filesystem operations.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1355-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
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Apple Mac Os X
Linux Linux Kernel
Mozilla Firefox Seamonkey
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T18:23:31.099Z

Reserved: 2012-01-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-0450

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Status : Modified

Published: 2012-02-01T16:55:01.290

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-0450

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