The debugger in the developer-tools subsystem in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, when remote debugging is disabled, does not properly restrict access to the remote-debugging service, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging the presence of the HTTPMonitor extension and connecting to that service through the HTTPMonitor port.
Published 2012-08-29 10:56:41
Updated 2017-09-19 01:35:14
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Execute code

Products affected by CVE-2012-3973

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-3973

5.28%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 93 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2012-3973

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
7.6
HIGH AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
4.9
10.0
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2012-3973

  • Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2012-3973

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