Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-1985

Title: Realnetworks Helix Mobile Server Path Traversal / LFI

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-1985.

CWE Category CWE-352

Published Date Apr 17, 2012

Modified Date Apr 29, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.8 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.22%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-1985: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in RealNetworks Helix Server and Helix Mobile Server 14.x before 14.3.x allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that cause a denial of service (stack consumption and daemon crash) via a malformed URL.

Impacted Vendors

realnetworks 2

Reference Links

http://helixproducts.real.com/docs/security/SecurityUpdate04022012HS.pdf http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52929 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026898 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74678 http://helixproducts.real.com/docs/security/SecurityUpdate04022012HS.pdf http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52929 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026898 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74678

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-1985 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

April 17, 2012 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.