CVE-2012-3974
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox ESR...
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, Thunderbird before 15.0, and Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.7 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in a root directory.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, Thunderbird before 15.0, and Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.7 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in a root directory.
- Record
CVE-2012-3974- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 Medium
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-399
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, Thunderbird before 15.0, and Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.7 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in a root directory.
- Record
CVE-2012-3974- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-3918 No score
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, Thunderbird before 15.0, and Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.7 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in a root directory.
- Record
EUVD-2012-3918- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2pj2-w39h-8vvq No score
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox ESR...
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, Thunderbird before 15.0, and Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.7 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in a root directory.
- Record
GHSA-2pj2-w39h-8vvq- 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-2012-3974 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.9) in Mozilla Firefox, published August 29, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.30%, the 22nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
securityfocus.com/bid/55312
mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-67.html
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16692
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=770478
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00014.html
xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3974
github.com/advisories/GHSA-2pj2-w39h-8vvq