# CVE-2012-1242: Path traversal in n/a

> Local attackers can execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges by placing a malicious DLL in the current working directory of Ichitaro applications.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Apr 2012
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6w9r-jpj4-8wmc

## What is CVE-2012-1242?

CVE-2012-1242 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Apr 2012. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in JustSystems Ichitaro 2011 Sou, Ichitaro 2006 through 2011, Ichitaro Government 2006 through 2010, Ichitaro Portable with oreplug, Ichitaro Viewer, JUST School, JUST School 2009 and 2010, JUST Jump 4, JUST Frontier, and oreplug allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-1242?

It affects 7 products.


Products: Justsystems Ichitaro, Justsystems Ichitaro Portable With Oreplug, Justsystems Ichitaro Viewer, Justsystems Just Frontier, Justsystems Just Jump, Justsystems Just School, Justsystems Oreplug.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-1242?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-1242 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2012-1242 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-1242 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2014-7247](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-7247/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2013-3644](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-3644/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2013-5990](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-5990/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2012-0269](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-0269/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2011-1331](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1331/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-1242 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-1242 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Apr 2012. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-1242 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-1242/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-1242/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1242
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1242
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-1242

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