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CVE-2012-1666

Untrusted search path vulnerability in VMware Tools in VMware Workstation before 8.0.4, VMware Player before 4.0.4, VMware Fusion before 4.1.2, VMware View before 5.1, and VMware ESX 4.1 before U3 and 5.0 before P03 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse tpfc.dll file in the current working directory.

Published

2012-09-08T10:28:20.367

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.9 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application vmware workstation ≤ 8.0.3 Yes
Application vmware workstation 8.0 Yes
Application vmware workstation 8.0.0.18997 Yes
Application vmware workstation 8.0.1 Yes
Application vmware workstation 8.0.1.27038 Yes
Application vmware workstation 8.0.2 Yes
Application vmware player ≤ 4.0.3 Yes
Application vmware player 4.0 Yes
Application vmware player 4.0.0.18997 Yes
Application vmware player 4.0.1 Yes
Application vmware player 4.0.2 Yes
Application vmware fusion ≤ 4.1.1 Yes
Application vmware fusion 4.0 Yes
Application vmware fusion 4.0.1 Yes
Application vmware fusion 4.0.2 Yes
Application vmware fusion 4.1 Yes
Application vmware view ≤ 5.0 Yes
Application vmware view 4.6.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esx 4.1 Yes
Operating System vmware esx 5.0 Yes
References