CVE-2012-4249

The Amazon Lab126 com.lab126.system sendEvent implementation on the Kindle Touch before 5.1.2 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a string, as demonstrated by using lipc-set-prop to set an LIPC property, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4248.

CVSS v2.0 10.0 HIGH

10.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/122656	US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MORO-8WKGBN	US Government Resource
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?s=c7953cc553a4aaa36e880b25aa1a6bf6&t=175368
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/122656	US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MORO-8WKGBN	US Government Resource
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?s=c7953cc553a4aaa36e880b25aa1a6bf6&t=175368

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:h:amazon:kindle_touch:5.1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:amazon:kindle_touch:5.1.1:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2012-08-12 17:55

Updated : 2025-04-11 00:51

NVD link : CVE-2012-4249

Mitre link : CVE-2012-4249

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-4249

JSON object : View

Products Affected

amazon

kindle_touch

CWE

CWE-94

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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