CVE-2012-2420

low Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
1.8
AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
0.2%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 63% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
High
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Published: April 25, 2012 (5132 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

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 obtain sensitive information via a URI with a % (percent) character as its (1) last or (2) second-to-last character, in situations where a certain "post-URL data" buffer contains a 0x0000 character but a buffer overflow does not occur.

CWE

CWE-200

Affected Products

intuit quickbooks

References

🔗 osvdb.org 🔗 www.kb.cert.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com 🔗 osvdb.org