Bug 840259 (CVE-2012-1967) - CVE-2012-1967 Mozilla: Code execution through javascript: URLs (MFSA 2012-56)
Summary: CVE-2012-1967 Mozilla: Code execution through javascript: URLs (MFSA 2012-56)
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2012-1967
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
urgent
urgent
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 835033
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-07-15 03:53 UTC by Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala
Modified: 2023-05-12 12:09 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2012-07-18 07:29:34 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2012:1088 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: firefox security update 2012-07-17 23:26:50 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2012:1089 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: thunderbird security update 2012-07-17 22:56:27 UTC

Description Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2012-07-15 03:53:44 UTC 
Mozilla security researcher moz_bug_r_a4 reported a arbitrary code execution attack using a javascript: URL. The Gecko engine features a JavaScript sandbox utility that allows the browser or add-ons to safely execute script in the context of a web page. In certain cases, javascript: URLs are executed in such a sandbox with insufficient context that can allow those scripts to escape from the sandbox and run with elevated privilege. This can lead to arbitrary code execution. 

Reference:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-56.html
Comment 1 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2012-07-15 03:55:39 UTC 
Acknowledgements:

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue.  Upstream acknowledges moz_bug_r_a4 as the original reporter of this issue.
Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2012-07-17 18:58:04 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2012:1089 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1089.html
Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2012-07-17 19:28:29 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2012:1088 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1088.html
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