CVE-2012-2421 (GCVE-0-2012-2421)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-04-25 20:00
Modified
2024-08-06 19:34
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
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