CVE-2012-1943
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Updater.exe in the Windows Updater Service in Mozilla...
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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What each source reports
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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.
- Record
CVE-2012-1943- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 Medium
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2012-1943- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-1952 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2012-1952- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xrjg-wm25-cxc7 No score
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Updater.exe in the Windows Updater Service in Mozilla...
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.
- Record
GHSA-xrjg-wm25-cxc7- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2012-1943 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.9) in Mozilla Firefox, published June 5, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.29%, the 22nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=750850
mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-35.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00012.html
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16924
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1943
github.com/advisories/GHSA-xrjg-wm25-cxc7