CVE-2012-4284
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 10, 2020 at 07:09 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:44 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorViscosity
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 70%
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
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24579x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55002x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120643/Viscosity-setuid-set-ViscosityHelper-Privilege-Escalation.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.sparklabs.com/viscosity/releasenotes/mac/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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