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CVE-2012-0455 Detail

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.28 and 4.x through 10.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, Thunderbird before 3.1.20 and 5.0 through 10.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.8 do not properly restrict drag-and-drop operations on javascript: URLs, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted web page, related to a "DragAndDropJacking" issue.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00014.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00015.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00042.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0387.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0388.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48359
http://secunia.com/advisories/48402
http://secunia.com/advisories/48414
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2433 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2458
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:031
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:032
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-13.html Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52458
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026801
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026803
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026804
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-2 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-3 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-4 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1400-5 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1401-1 Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=704354 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14829 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-0455
NVD Published Date:
03/14/2012
NVD Last Modified:
01/17/2018
Source:
MITRE