CVE-2012-4177

critical

Published 2012-08-07 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

The web browser plugin for Ubisoft Uplay PC before 2.0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via the -orbit_exe_path command line argument.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-20321 remote windows verified

Metasploit · 2012-08-08

Ubisoft uplay 2.0.3 - ActiveX Control Arbitrary Code Execution (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/browser/ubisoft_uplay_cmd_exec rank 300

Ubisoft uplay 2.0.3 ActiveX Control Arbitrary Code Execution

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
ubi	uplay_pc	`{"endIncluding":"2.0.3"}`
ubi	uplay_pc	`2.0`
ubi	uplay_pc	`2.0.1`
ubi	uplay_pc	`2.0.2`

References

CWEs

CWE-78

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.