Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.20 and 11.x before 11.3.300.257 on Windows and Mac OS X; before 10.3.183.20 and 11.x before 11.2.202.236 on Linux; before 11.1.111.10 on Android 2.x and 3.x; and before 11.1.115.9 on Android 4.x, and Adobe AIR before 3.3.0.3610, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in an unspecified directory.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2040
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00006.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00007.html
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-14.html