Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Updater.exe in the Windows Updater Service in Mozilla Firefox 12.0, Thunderbird 12.0, and SeaMonkey 2.9 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wsock32.dll file in an application directory.
Published: 2012-06-05
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-1952 Untrusted search path vulnerability in Updater.exe in the Windows Updater Service in Mozilla Firefox 12.0, Thunderbird 12.0, and SeaMonkey 2.9 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wsock32.dll file in an application directory.
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Microsoft Windows
Mozilla Firefox Seamonkey Thunderbird
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:17:27.163Z

Reserved: 2012-03-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-1943

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Status : Modified

Published: 2012-06-05T23:55:01.733

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

Link: CVE-2012-1943

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