CVE-2012-2421 — Absolute path traversal vulnerability in 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, might allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files in ZIP archives via a full pathname in the URI

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Absolute path traversal vulnerability in 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, might allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files in ZIP archives via a full pathname in the URI

Published Apr 25, 2012

1.8

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.80%

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in 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, might allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files in ZIP archives via a full pathname in the URI.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.80% 0.00801

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00801

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.80% (0.00801)	55.00th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.81% (0.00810)	51.94th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.12% (0.00116)	27.92th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.27% (0.00274)	68.92th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.27% (0.00274)	67.14th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.27% (0.00273)	62.93th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 18, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	58.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	56.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	34.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-22

Path Traversal

References (3)

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/232979
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522139
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75172
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/232979		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522139		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75172		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 25, 2012

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Apr 25, 2012

Link CVE-2012-2421

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2012-2421

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2012-2421