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CVE-2012-4284 Details

Description

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

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120643/Viscosity-setuid-set-ViscosityHelper-Privilege-Escalation.html CVEExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.sparklabs.com/viscosity/releasenotes/mac/ CVERelease NotesVendor Advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24579 CVEExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55002 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120643/Viscosity-setuid-set-ViscosityHelper-Privilege-Escalation.html [email protected]ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
sparklabs viscosity
1.4.1

CPE

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

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-4284
NVD Published Date:
Jan 10, 2020
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2012-4284 Details - Not Deferred