National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-2423
Original release date:04/25/2012
Last revised:04/27/2012
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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, provide different responses to remote requests depending on whether a ZIP pathname is valid, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information about the installation path and product version via a series of requests involving the Msxml2.XMLHTTP object.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
3.2
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Local network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: High
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#232979
Name: VU#232979
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20120330 Intuit Help System Protocol File Retrieval
Technical Details
- Information Leak / Disclosure (CWE-200)