CVE-2012-3485 (GCVE-0-2012-3485)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-08-26 19:00
Modified
2024-08-06 20:05
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Tunnelblick 3.3beta20 and earlier relies on argv[0] to determine the name of an appropriate (1) kernel module pathname or (2) executable file pathname, which allows local users to gain privileges via an execl system call.
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