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CVE-2012-1819· NVD / CVE Program· CNA certcc

Untrusted search path vulnerability in WellinTech KingView 6.53 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current

Untrusted search path vulnerability in WellinTech KingView 6.53 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory.

CriticalCVSS 9.3 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
May 2, 2012
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.7% · 76th percentile
CWE
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Action score

38

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
37 / 40 · 9.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 1.7%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
wellintechkingview

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • wellintech kingview6.53

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2012-4711Buffer overflow in kingMess.exe 65.20.2003.10300 in WellinTech KingView 6.52, kingMess.exe 65.20.2003.10400 in KingView 6.53, and kingMess.e
    58Plan
  • CVE-2011-3142Stack-based buffer overflow in an ActiveX control in KVWebSvr.dll in WellinTech KingView 6.52 and 6.53 allows remote attackers to execute ar
    52Plan
  • CVE-2011-0406Heap-based buffer overflow in HistorySvr.exe in WellinTech KingView 6.53 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long reques
    46Plan
  • CVE-2012-1831Heap-based buffer overflow in WellinTech KingView 6.53 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet to TCP port 55
    45Plan
  • CVE-2011-4536Heap-based buffer overflow in nettransdll.dll in HistorySvr.exe (aka HistoryServer.exe) in WellinTech KingView 6.53 and 65.30.2010.18018 all
    43Plan
  • CVE-2012-1832WellinTech KingView 6.53 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted p
    42Plan

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    C · data can be read
    Integrity
    C · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    C · the service can be disrupted
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    C
    Integrity impact
    C
    Availability impact
    C

    Weakness class (CWE)

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    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

    nvd-primary

    Attack context

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    Change log

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