CVE-2012-5003

medium
Published 2012-09-19 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

nxapplet.jar in No Machine NX Web Companion 3.x and earlier does not properly verify the authenticity of updates, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) SiteUrl or (2) RedirectUrl parameter that points to a Trojan Horse client.zip update file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://secunia.com/advisories/47685

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
nomachinenx_web_companion{"endIncluding":"3.5.0-2"}
nomachinenx_web_companion1.5.0
nomachinenx_web_companion2.0.0-1
nomachinenx_web_companion2.1.0-1
nomachinenx_web_companion3.0.0-1
nomachinenx_web_companion3.0.0-2
nomachinenx_web_companion3.0.0-3
nomachinenx_web_companion3.0.0-4
nomachinenx_web_companion3.0.0-5
nomachinenx_web_companion3.1.0-1
nomachinenx_web_companion3.2.0-1
nomachinenx_web_companion3.3.0-1
nomachinenx_web_companion3.3.0-2
nomachinenx_web_companion3.4.0-1
nomachinenx_web_companion3.4.0-2
nomachinenx_web_companion3.4.0-3
nomachinenx_web_companion3.5.0-1

References

CWEs

CWE-287

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