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CVE-2012-2040

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.20 and 11.x before 11.3.300.2

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.

HIGH · CVSS 9.3 EPSS 0.01249
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules16 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-426Untrusted Search Path
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Affected Products & Versions

6
adobe flash player<= 11.2.202.235
adobe flash player<= 11.1.115.8
adobe flash player<= 11.1.111.9
adobe air<= 3.2.0.2070
opensuseall versions
suse linux enterprise desktopall versions
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Sigma Hunt Rules

16
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
productcriticalHackTool - Windows Credential Editor (WCE) Execution
productcriticalWindows Credential Editor Registry
producthighOpenCanary - MSSQL Login Attempt Via Windows Authentication
producthighWindows LAPS Credential Dump From Entra ID
producthighTamper Windows Defender - PSClassic
producthighTamper Windows Defender Remove-MpPreference - ScriptBlockLogging
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Scoring & Timeline

9.3
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · psirt@adobe.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD09 Jun 2012 · 12:55 AM
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References & Sources

3
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00006.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00007.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-14.htmlVendor Advisory
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