CVE-2012-1985 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can hijack administrator sessions via CSRF to cause a denial of service in Helix Server.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2012-1985?

CVE-2012-1985 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Apr 2012. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in RealNetworks Helix Server and Helix Mobile Server 14.x before 14.3.x allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that cause a denial of service (stack consumption and daemon crash) via a malformed URL.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-1985?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Realnetworks Helix Mobile Server, Realnetworks Helix Server.

How do I fix CVE-2012-1985?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-1985 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2012-1985 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-1985 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-64wg-mr8j-c94j.

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