CVE-2012-2040 Path traversal in n/a
Local attackers can gain privileges by placing a malicious executable in a directory searched by the Adobe Flash Player installer.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-2040?
CVE-2012-2040 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in Adobe Air, published on 9 Jun 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 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.
Weakness: CWE-426
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2040?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Adobe Air, Adobe Flash Player, Opensuse Opensuse, Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop.
How do I fix CVE-2012-2040?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-2040 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2012-2040 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2040 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Air
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x7h5-vp6w-g56r.