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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 5, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2012-1943

CVE-2012-1943

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.

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Affected products

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  • Mozilla Corporation/Firefox2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: =12.0
  • Mozilla Corporation/Seamonkey2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: =2.9
  • Mozilla Corporation/Thunderbird2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: =12.0

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