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CVE-2012-4177 (GCVE-0-2012-4177)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-08-07 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:28
VLAI
Summary
The web browser plugin for Ubisoft Uplay PC before 2.0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via the -orbit_exe_path command line argument.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Jul/375 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20321 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/699940-Uplay… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19053453 x_refsource_MISC
Date Public
2012-07-28 00:00
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