CVE-2012-4249 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2012-08-12

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 2.9% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-4193	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02901.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

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

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Amazon Kindle Touch

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-08-12T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T04:04:24.824Z

Reserved: 2012-08-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-4249

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-08-12T17:55:01.293

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-4249

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-94

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