Auth bypass in Nomachine Nx Web Companion
CVE-2012-5003
nxapplet.jar in No Machine NX Web Companion 3.x and earlier does not properly verify the authenticity of updates, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) SiteUrl or (2) RedirectUrl parameter that points to a Trojan Horse client.zip update file.
Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication
EPSS: 0.032 (86.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Nomachine Nx_web_companion — versions 1.5.0, 2.0.0-1, 2.1.0-1
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)