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CVE-2012-0279
Quest Toad for Data Analysts 3.0.1 uses weak permissions (Everyone: Full Control) for the %COMMONPROGRAMFILES%\Quest Shared directory,…
Medium6.9EPSS 0.31%
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- flexera
Description
Quest Toad for Data Analysts 3.0.1 uses weak permissions (Everyone: Full Control) for the %COMMONPROGRAMFILES%\Quest Shared directory, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.31% · top 76% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2012-13/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 48663 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- quest-toad-insecure-permissions(75192) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 53276 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .