PT-2012-2458 · Quest · Toad For Data Analysts

Published 2012-05-01 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-0279

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Quest Toad for Data Analysts version 3.0.1

Description The issue concerns weak permissions set for the %COMMONPROGRAMFILES%Quest Shared directory, where everyone has full control. This weakness allows local users to potentially gain privileges by placing a Trojan horse file in the directory.

Recommendations For Quest Toad for Data Analysts version 3.0.1, consider restricting the permissions of the %COMMONPROGRAMFILES%Quest Shared directory to prevent local users from gaining unauthorized access. As a temporary workaround, restrict write access to this directory to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-0279

Affected Products

Toad For Data Analysts

References · 5

• http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2012-13 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0279 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75192 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48663 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/53276 · Note