CVE-2012-2040
Status: ModifiedHigh (9.3)—
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.20 and 11.x before 11.3.300.257 on Windows and Mac OS X; before 10.3.183.20 and 11.x before 11.2.202.236 on Linux; before 11.1.111.10 on Android 2.x and 3.x; and before 11.1.115.9 on Android 4.x, and Adobe AIR before 3.3.0.3610, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in an unspecified directory.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Base score: 9.3
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 4.03%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 90
- Score date: 10/8/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (4)
CWEs
- CWE-426
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00007.html
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-14.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00007.html
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-14.html
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