CVE-2012-4284

A Privilege Escalation vulnerability exists in Viscosity 1.4.1 on Mac OS X due to a path name validation issue in the setuid-set ViscosityHelper binary, which could let a remote malicious user execute arbitrary code

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 10.0 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

10.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24579	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55002	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120643/Viscosity-setuid-set-ViscosityHelper-Privilege-Escalation.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.sparklabs.com/viscosity/releasenotes/mac/	Release Notes Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:sparklabs:viscosity:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2020-01-10 20:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 17:28

NVD link : CVE-2012-4284

Mitre link : CVE-2012-4284

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-4284

JSON object : View

Products Affected

sparklabs

viscosity

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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