CVE-2012-2040 — Untrusted Search Path in Adobe AIR

CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path3 documents3 sources
Severity
9.3CRITICALNVD
EPSS
1.2%
top 20.66%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Adobe AIRAdobe Flash PlayerOpensuse+1 more
Timeline
PublishedJun 9
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.20 and 11.x before 11.3.300.257 on Windows and Mac OS X; before 10.3.183.20 and 11.x before 11.2.202.236 on Linux; before 11.1.111.10 on Android 2.x and 3.x; and before 11.1.115.9 on Android 4.x, and Adobe AIR before 3.3.0.3610, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in an unspecified directory.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDadobe/flash_player11.2.202.235+2
▶NVDadobe/air3.2.0.2070
▶NVDopensuse/opensuse11.4, 12.1+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-x7h5-vp6w-g56r: Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Adobe Flash Player before 10↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2012-2040: Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Adobe Flash Player before 10↗2012-06-09
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CVE-2012-2040 — Untrusted Search Path in Adobe AIR | cvebase