FKIE_CVE-2012-4249

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-08-12 17:55 - Updated: 2026-04-29 01:13
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/122656US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MORO-8WKGBNUS Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?s=c7953cc553a4aaa36e880b25aa1a6bf6&t=175368
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/122656US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MORO-8WKGBNUS Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?s=c7953cc553a4aaa36e880b25aa1a6bf6&t=175368
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
amazon kindle_touch 5.1.0
amazon kindle_touch 5.1.1
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