CVE-2012-2990 describes a critical vulnerability in the MASetupCaller ActiveX control within MarkAny ContentSAFER, specifically affecting Samsung KIES versions prior to 2.3.2.12074_13_13. This flaw allows remote attackers to download and execute arbitrary programs on a client machine through a specially crafted HTML document. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.3.2.12074CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:samsung:kies:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.