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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

Published

2020-01-10T20:15:14.320

Last Modified

2024-11-21T01:42:37.507

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	sparklabs	viscosity	1.4.1	Yes

References

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24579 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55002 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120643/Viscosity-setuid-set-ViscosityHelper-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://www.sparklabs.com/viscosity/releasenotes/mac/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24579 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55002 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120643/Viscosity-setuid-set-ViscosityHelper-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.sparklabs.com/viscosity/releasenotes/mac/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)