Description
Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in the (1) full installer and (2) stub installer in Mozilla Firefox before 23.0 on Windows allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the default downloads directory. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-4206.
Published: 2013-08-07
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-1742 Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in the (1) full installer and (2) stub installer in Mozilla Firefox before 23.0 on Windows allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the default downloads directory. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-4206.
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Microsoft Windows
Mozilla Firefox
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T15:13:32.492Z

Reserved: 2013-02-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-1715

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Status : Modified

Published: 2013-08-07T01:55:04.983

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

Link: CVE-2013-1715

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