{"cve":"CVE-2012-4205","nvd":{"published":"2012-11-21T12:55:01.837","modified":"2026-06-16T23:44:36.590","status":"Modified","description":"Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Thunderbird before 17.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 assign the system principal, rather than the sandbox principal, to XMLHttpRequest objects created in sandboxes, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks or obtain sensitive information by leveraging a sandboxed add-on.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-352"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00021.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00022.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00090.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00092.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00093.html"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","mozilla:firefox","mozilla:seamonkey","mozilla:thunderbird","opensuse:opensuse","suse:linux_enterprise_desktop","suse:linux_enterprise_server","suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:25:53.526315492+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-4205","score":0.01613,"percentile":0.75986,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}