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CVE-2012-1943

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.

  • Published: Jun 5, 2012
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2012-1943
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.9
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Software From Fixed in
mozilla / firefox 12.0 12.0.x
mozilla / seamonkey 2.9 2.9.x
mozilla / thunderbird 12.0 12.0.x