CyberRota Analysis
This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. Its EPSS score suggests a 69.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable.
Public Exploit Signal
A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.
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CVE
CVE-2012-4284
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
69.52%
Original NVD 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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