CVE-2012-4206 Path traversal in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges by placing a malicious DLL in the downloads directory, exploiting an untrusted search path in the Firefox installer.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-4206?
CVE-2012-4206 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 21 Nov 2012. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0 and Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the default downloads directory.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4206?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mozilla Firefox.
How do I fix CVE-2012-4206?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-4206 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2012-4206 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4206 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8jhp-825c-3qwx.