VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2012-2421

low
Published 2012-04-25 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
1.8
VIR risk
1.8

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the intu-help-qb (aka Intuit Help System Async Pluggable Protocol) handlers in HelpAsyncPluggableProtocol.dll in Intuit QuickBooks 2009 through 2012, when Internet Explorer is used, might allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files in ZIP archives via a full pathname in the URI.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
intuitquickbooks2009
intuitquickbooks2010
intuitquickbooks2011
intuitquickbooks2012
windows microsoftinternet_explorer

References

CWEs

CWE-22

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.