Privilege escalation vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox through about:newtab - MFSA 2012-60 (Mac OS X)ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:6884 | Date: (C)2012-09-06 (M)2023-11-19 |
Class: PATCH | Family: macos |
The host is missing a security update according to Mozilla advisory, MFSA 2012-60. The update is required to fix a privilege escalation vulnerability. A flaw is present in the applications, which fail to properly restrict navigation to the about:newtab page. Successful exploitation could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges.
Platform: |
Apple Mac OS 14 |
Apple Mac OS 13 |
Apple Mac OS 12 |
Apple Mac OS 11 |
Apple Mac OS X 10.15 |
Apple Mac OS X 10.14 |
Apple Mac OS X 10.13 |
Apple Mac OS X 10.11 |
Apple Mac OS X 10.12 |