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Critical
CVE-2012-4249
The Amazon Lab126 com.lab126.system sendEvent implementation on the Kindle Touch...
Vulnerability Description
The Amazon Lab126 com.lab126.system sendEvent implementation on the Kindle Touch before 5.1.2 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a string, as demonstrated by using lipc-set-prop to set an LIPC property, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4248.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
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Affected Vendor
amazon
View all reports →Affected Software
kindle touch
Vulnerable Versions:
5.1.0, 5.1.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 12th, 2012
Last Modified:
September 17th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.