CVE-2012-4284

Severity

98%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

98%

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

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

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 9.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 5 years ago

2020-01-10 20:15:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2020-01-22 13:36:00

Affected Software

SparkLabs Viscosity 1.4.1 for macOS

1.4.1
macos

References

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24579

Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55002

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120643/Viscosity-setuid-set-ViscosityHelper-Privilege-Escalation.html

Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

https://www.sparklabs.com/viscosity/releasenotes/mac/

Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

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