Information disclosure in Intuit Quickbooks
CVE-2012-2423
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.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 1.8 (Low). Vector: AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (65.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 65.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Intuit Quickbooks — versions 2009, 2010, 2011
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75174 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522139 (mailing-list, Exploit)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/232979 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)