CVE-2012-5354 Other in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can conduct clickjacking attacks in Mozilla browsers by exploiting navigation handling flaws with active menus and specific APIs.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2012-5354?

CVE-2012-5354 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 10 Oct 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Thunderbird before 16.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 do not properly handle navigation away from a web page that has multiple menus of SELECT elements active, which allows remote attackers to conduct clickjacking attacks via vectors involving an XPI file, the window.open method, and the Geolocation API, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-3984.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-5354?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey, Mozilla Thunderbird.

How do I fix CVE-2012-5354?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-5354 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2012-5354 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5354 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-crp5-x6hq-7qw3.

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