CVE-2012-4284 describes a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in Viscosity 1.4.1 on Mac OS X, stemming from a path validation flaw in the setuid-set ViscosityHelper binary. This flaw allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available, including a Metasploit module and entries on ExploitDB, indicating its potential for exploitation despite limited community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sparklabs:viscosity:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.