CVE-2012-3973
The debugger in the developer-tools subsystem in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, when remote debugging is disabled, does not properly restrict access to the remote-debugging service, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging the…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.93%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The debugger in the developer-tools subsystem in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, when remote debugging is disabled, does not properly restrict access to the remote-debugging service, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging the presence of the HTTPMonitor extension and connecting to that service through the HTTPMonitor port.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.6 HIGHAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 4.93% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html
- http://osvdb.org/85005
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-66.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55308
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=757128
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17039
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00028.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html
- http://osvdb.org/85005
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-66.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55308
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1548-2
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=757128
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17039
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.