CVE-2012-1849 is an untrusted search path vulnerability affecting Microsoft Lync 2010, Lync 2010 Attendee, and Lync 2010 Attendant. This flaw allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges by placing a malicious DLL in the same directory as a .ocsmeet file, which the application then insecurely loads. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is critical, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the EPSS score suggests a higher than average exploitability, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2010CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:lync:2010:*:attendant_x64:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2010CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:lync:2010:*:attendant_x86:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2010CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:lync:2010:*:attendee:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2010CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:lync:2010:*:x64:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2010CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:lync:2010:*:x86:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.