Vulnerability CVE-2012-2040: Information

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.

Severity: CRITICAL (9.3)

Published: June 9, 2012
Modified: Sept. 8, 2021
Error type identifier: CWE-426

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Hyperlink
Resource
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-14.html
  • Vendor Advisory
SUSE-SU-2012:0724
  • Mailing List
  • Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2012:0723
  • Mailing List
  • Third Party Advisory
    1. Configuration 1

      cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Running on/with:
      cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Running on/with:
      cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Running on/with:
      cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Configuration 2

      cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Running on/with:
      cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Configuration 3

      cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Running on/with:
      cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Configuration 4

      cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Running on/with:
      cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Running on/with:
      cpe:2.3:o:google:android:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Running on/with:
      cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Configuration 5

      cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*