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.

CVSS v2.0 6.9 MEDIUM

6.9^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-09/0013.html
https://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_esxi41_u3_rel_notes.html#resolvedissuessecurity

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.0.18997:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.1.27038:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.2:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.0.18997:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.2:::::::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.1:::::::*

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:view::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:view:4.6.0:::::::*

Configuration 5 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:5.0:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2012-09-08 10:28

Updated : 2023-12-10 11:16

NVD link : CVE-2012-1666

Mitre link : CVE-2012-1666

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-1666

JSON object : View

Products Affected

vmware

fusion
player
esx
view
workstation

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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