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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.72%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 3.72% probability · 89th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- amazon/kindle touch
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/122656US Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MORO-8WKGBNUS Government Resource
- http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?s=c7953cc553a4aaa36e880b25aa1a6bf6&t=175368
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/122656US Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MORO-8WKGBNUS Government Resource
- http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?s=c7953cc553a4aaa36e880b25aa1a6bf6&t=175368
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.