Intrusion PreventionMozilla.Firefox.Cross.Domain.Information.Disclosure
Description
This indicates an attack attempt to exploit an Information Disclosure vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox.
The vulnerability is due to a design error in the application when handling cross domain access to the "Location" object. An attacker can exploit this by tricking an unsuspecting user into visiting a malicious webpage and gain unauthorized access to sensitive information.
Affected Products
Mozilla Foundation Firefox 16.0
Impact
Information Disclosure: Remote attackers can gain sensitive information from vulnerable systems.
Recommended Actions
Upgrade to the latest version available from the website.
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
Version Updates
| Date | Version | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-02-01 | 14.540 | Name:Mozilla. FireFox. Cross. Domain. Information. Disclosure:Mozilla. Firefox. Cross. Domain. Information. Disclosure |
| ID | 33580 |
| Created | Oct 31, 2012 |
| Updated | May 04, 2022 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2012-4192 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 8.37% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Windows, Linux |
| Affected App | Other |