CVE-2012-4284
A Privilege Escalation vulnerability exists in Viscosity 1.4.1 on Mac OS X due to a path name...
A Privilege Escalation vulnerability exists in Viscosity 1.4.1 on Mac OS X due to a path name validation issue in the setuid-set ViscosityHelper binary, which could let a remote malicious user execute arbitrary code
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A Privilege Escalation vulnerability exists in Viscosity 1.4.1 on Mac OS X due to a path name validation issue in the setuid-set ViscosityHelper binary, which could let a remote malicious user execute arbitrary code
- Record
CVE-2012-4284- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A Privilege Escalation vulnerability exists in Viscosity 1.4.1 on Mac OS X due to a path name validation issue in the setuid-set ViscosityHelper binary, which could let a remote malicious user execute arbitrary code
- Record
CVE-2012-4284- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-4228 No score
A Privilege Escalation vulnerability exists in Viscosity 1.4.1 on Mac OS X due to a path name validation issue in the setuid-set ViscosityHelper binary, which could let a remote malicious user execute arbitrary code
- Record
EUVD-2012-4228- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f8g5-wppw-9vhr No score
A Privilege Escalation vulnerability exists in Viscosity 1.4.1 on Mac OS X due to a path name...
A Privilege Escalation vulnerability exists in Viscosity 1.4.1 on Mac OS X due to a path name validation issue in the setuid-set ViscosityHelper binary, which could let a remote malicious user execute arbitrary code
- Record
GHSA-f8g5-wppw-9vhr- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Viscosity - Local Privilege Escalation | 2012-08-13 |
| Exploit-DB | Viscosity - setuid-set ViscosityHelper Privilege Escalation (Metasploit) | 2013-03-05 |
| Metasploit | Viscosity setuid-set ViscosityHelper Privilege Escalation | 2012-08-12 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2012-4284 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Sparklabs Viscosity, published January 10, 2020. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 69.5%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.