Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 5, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-1942
CVE-2012-1942
Description
The Mozilla Updater and Windows Updater Service in Mozilla Firefox 12.0, Thunderbird 12.0, and SeaMonkey 2.9 on Windows allow local users to gain privileges by loading a DLL file in a privileged context.
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Affected products
6=12.0+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: =12.0
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
=12.0+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: =12.0
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
=2.9+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: =2.9
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-35.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00012.htmlnvd
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-45.htmlnvd
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16951nvd
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