CVE-2012-4284
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2012-4284 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2020-01-10 20:15:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2020-05-11 19:20:00 UTC |
| 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 |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viscosity 'ViscosityHelper' Symlink Attack Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability | MISC | www.securityfocus.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| Viscosity setuid-set ViscosityHelper Privilege Escalation | MISC | www.exploit-db.com | Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| Viscosity - SparkLabs | CONFIRM | www.sparklabs.com | Release Notes, Vendor Advisory |
| Viscosity setuid-set ViscosityHelper Privilege Escalation ≈ Packet Storm | MISC | packetstormsecurity.com | Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.