The intu-help-qb (aka Intuit Help System Async Pluggable Protocol) handlers in HelpAsyncPluggableProtocol.dll in Intuit QuickBooks 2009 through 2012, when Internet Explorer is used, provide different responses to remote requests depending on whether a ZIP pathname is valid, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information about the installation path and product version via a series of requests involving the Msxml2.XMLHTTP object.
CVE-2012-2423 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from intuit, from microsoft organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Documented in 2012, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.
2012-04-25T20:55:01.433
2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Deferred
CVSSv2: 1.8 (LOW)
AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
3.2
2.9
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | intuit | quickbooks | 2009 | Yes |
| Application | intuit | quickbooks | 2010 | Yes |
| Application | intuit | quickbooks | 2011 | Yes |
| Application | intuit | quickbooks | 2012 | Yes |
| Application | microsoft | internet_explorer | * | No |
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