Vulnerability Details : CVE-2012-4284

Public exploit exists!
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
Published 2020-01-10 20:15:14
Updated 2020-05-11 19:20:57
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Execute codeGain privilege

Products affected by CVE-2012-4284

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4284

EPSS FAQ
6.44%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 94 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Metasploit modules for CVE-2012-4284

  • Viscosity setuid-set ViscosityHelper Privilege Escalation
    Disclosure Date: 2012-08-12
    First seen: 2020-04-26
    exploit/osx/local/setuid_viscosity
    This module exploits a vulnerability in Viscosity 1.4.1 on Mac OS X. The vulnerability exists in the setuid ViscosityHelper, where an insufficient validation of path names allows execution of arbitrary python code as root. This module has been tested succes

CVSS scores for CVE-2012-4284

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
10.0
 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
10.0
10.0
 NIST
9.8
 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.9
5.9
 NIST

References for CVE-2012-4284

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