Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 10, 2020· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-4284
CVE-2012-4284
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
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Affected products
3- Viscosity/Viscositydescription
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Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24579nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/120643/Viscosity-setuid-set-ViscosityHelper-Privilege-Escalation.htmlnvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/55002nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.sparklabs.com/viscosity/releasenotes/mac/nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
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