CVE-2012-2040
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-426
- EPSS score
- 4.0% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-2046)
- Published
- June 9, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-2046 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- adobe / air
- adobe / flash player
- apple / macos
- google / android
- google / android
- linux / linux kernel
- microsoft / windows
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
- suse / linux enterprise desktop
- suse / linux enterprise desktop
- suse / linux enterprise desktop
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00006.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00007.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-14.html(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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