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CVE-2012-2423

• Severity: low (CVSS 1.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2012-04-25 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The intu-help-qb (aka Intuit Help System Async Pluggable Protocol) handlers in HelpAsyncPluggableProtocol.dll in Intuit QuickBooks 2009 through 2012, when Internet Explorer is used, provide different responses to remote requests depending on whether a ZIP pathname is valid, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information about the installation path and product version via a series of requests involving the Msxml2.XMLHTTP object.

Affected products

• Intuit Quickbooks: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

References

• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/232979
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522139
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75174
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/232979
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522139
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75174

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