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

Score

CVSS 3.1 9.8 Critical

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2020-01-10

Last modified

2024-08-06

Affected products

• Viscosity (Sparklabs)

References

• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24579
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55002
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120643/Viscosity-setuid-set-ViscosityHelper-Privilege-Escalation.html
• https://www.sparklabs.com/viscosity/releasenotes/mac/