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CVE-2012-3483

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-3483 describes a race condition in the runScript function of Tunnelblick 3.3beta20 and earlier, allowing local users to achieve privilege escalation by replacing a script file. With a CVSS score of 6.2 (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), this vulnerability requires high attack complexity but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.3beta20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:tunnelblick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.2MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
18.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-20443 · Aug 11, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0026 is in the 9th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/fulldisclosure/2012-08/0122.html
code.google.com / p/tunnelblick/issues/detail
git.zx2c4.com / Pwnnel-Blicker/tree/pwnnel-blicker.c
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/08/14/1