PT-2012-5578 · Scitools · Scitools Understand

Gjoko Krstic · Published 2012-09-06 · Updated 2012-09-06 · CVE-2012-4755

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 SciTools Understand versions prior to 2.6 build 600

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wintab32.dll file in the current working directory. This can be demonstrated by a directory that contains a .udb file.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.6 build 600, update to version 2.6 build 600 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the current working directory to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using untrusted search paths until the issue is resolved.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-4755

Affected Products

Scitools Understand

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4755 · Security Note
• http://scitools.com/support/buildLogs/understand26_build_log.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/47921 · Vendor Advisory
• http://zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2012-5071.php · Note