CVE-2012-4284

EPSS 69.5%

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

Affected products

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public PoCs found — 4

cve_referencepacketstormsecurity.com/files/120643/Viscosity-setuid-set-ViscosityHelper-Privilege-Escalation.htmlunverified cve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/24579unverified exploitdbwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/20485unverified exploitdbwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/24579unverified

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References

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