CVE-2012-2421

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-2421
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-04-25 20:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionAbsolute path traversal vulnerability in 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, might allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files in ZIP archives via a full pathname in the URI.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 1.8 from [email protected]

AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Intuit Quickbooks 2009 All All All
Application Intuit Quickbooks 2010 All All All
Application Intuit Quickbooks 2011 All All All
Application Intuit Quickbooks 2012 All All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Vulnerability Note VU#232979 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Intuit QuickBooks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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