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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-2990 · published 24 August 2012

CVE-2012-2990: Samsung kies code injection vulnerability

Samsung · Kies

The MASetupCaller ActiveX control before 1.4.2012.508 in MASetupCaller.dll in MarkAny ContentSAFER, as distributed in Samsung KIES before 2.3.2.12074_13_13, does not properly implement unspecified methods, which allows remote attackers to download an arbitrary program onto a client machine, and execute this program, via a crafted HTML document.

9.3 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 3.7% · top 10.6% CWE-94 · Code injection
9.3CVSS 2.0 base score
3.7%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The MASetupCaller ActiveX control before 1.4.2012.508 in MASetupCaller.dll in MarkAny ContentSAFER, as distributed in Samsung KIES before 2.3.2.12074_13_13, does not properly implement unspecified methods, which allows remote attackers to download an arbitrary program onto a client machine, and execute this program, via a crafted HTML document.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/663809 PatchUS Government Resource
http://www.krcert.or.kr/kor/data/secNoticeView.jsp?p_bulletin_writing_sequence=931
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/663809 PatchUS Government Resource
http://www.krcert.or.kr/kor/data/secNoticeView.jsp?p_bulletin_writing_sequence=931

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-2990), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.