CVE-2012-4755 is an untrusted search path vulnerability affecting SciTools Understand versions prior to 2.6 build 600. This flaw allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges by placing a malicious wintab32.dll file in the same directory as a .udb project file. With a CVSS score of 6.9, this vulnerability is considered medium severity, as it requires local access and medium attack complexity but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:scitools:understand:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.