CVE-2012-0305 describes an untrusted search path vulnerability in Symantec System Recovery 2011 (before SP2) and Backup Exec System Recovery 2010 (before SP5). This flaw allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges by placing a malicious DLL in the current working directory. With a CVSS score of 4.4, it has a low severity, requiring local access and medium attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2010CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:backupexec_system_recovery:2010:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2011CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:backupexec_system_recovery:2011:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2011CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:system_recovery:2011:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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