CVE-2012-5003

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-09-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

nxapplet.jar in No Machine NX Web Companion 3.x and earlier does not properly verify the authenticity of updates, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) SiteUrl or (2) RedirectUrl parameter that points to a Trojan Horse client.zip update file.

Affected products

NoMachine Nx Web Companion: through 3.5.0-2; 1.5.0-beta2, 1.5.0-beta3, 2.0.0-1, 2.1.0-1, 3.0.0-1, 3.0.0-2 (+11)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0161.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2012-01/0466.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/47685
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72712
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0161.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2012-01/0466.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/47685
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72712

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