cve-2012-4897
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-10-05 17:00
Modified
2024-08-06 20:50
Severity ?
Summary
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in VMware Movie Decoder before 9.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in the installer directory.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-10/0069.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/85957
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55802
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0014.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79046
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-10/0069.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/85957
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55802
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0014.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79046
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a n/a Version: n/a
Show details on NVD website

To clipboard 

{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2024-08-06T20:50:17.744Z",
          "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "shortName": "CVE"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_CONFIRM",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0014.html"
          },
          {
            "name": "55802",
            "tags": [
              "vdb-entry",
              "x_refsource_BID",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55802"
          },
          {
            "name": "vmware-movie-code-execution(79046)",
            "tags": [
              "vdb-entry",
              "x_refsource_XF",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79046"
          },
          {
            "name": "85957",
            "tags": [
              "vdb-entry",
              "x_refsource_OSVDB",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://osvdb.org/85957"
          },
          {
            "name": "20121010 VMSA-2012-0014 VMware vCenter Operations, CapacityIQ, and Movie Decoder security updates",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-10/0069.html"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "product": "n/a",
          "vendor": "n/a",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "n/a"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "datePublic": "2012-10-04T00:00:00",
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in VMware Movie Decoder before 9.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in the installer directory."
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "description": "n/a",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2017-08-28T12:57:01",
        "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
        "shortName": "mitre"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_CONFIRM"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0014.html"
        },
        {
          "name": "55802",
          "tags": [
            "vdb-entry",
            "x_refsource_BID"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55802"
        },
        {
          "name": "vmware-movie-code-execution(79046)",
          "tags": [
            "vdb-entry",
            "x_refsource_XF"
          ],
          "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79046"
        },
        {
          "name": "85957",
          "tags": [
            "vdb-entry",
            "x_refsource_OSVDB"
          ],
          "url": "http://osvdb.org/85957"
        },
        {
          "name": "20121010 VMSA-2012-0014 VMware vCenter Operations, CapacityIQ, and Movie Decoder security updates",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"
          ],
          "url": "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-10/0069.html"
        }
      ],
      "x_legacyV4Record": {
        "CVE_data_meta": {
          "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org",
          "ID": "CVE-2012-4897",
          "STATE": "PUBLIC"
        },
        "affects": {
          "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
              {
                "product": {
                  "product_data": [
                    {
                      "product_name": "n/a",
                      "version": {
                        "version_data": [
                          {
                            "version_value": "n/a"
                          }
                        ]
                      }
                    }
                  ]
                },
                "vendor_name": "n/a"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        "data_format": "MITRE",
        "data_type": "CVE",
        "data_version": "4.0",
        "description": {
          "description_data": [
            {
              "lang": "eng",
              "value": "Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in VMware Movie Decoder before 9.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in the installer directory."
            }
          ]
        },
        "problemtype": {
          "problemtype_data": [
            {
              "description": [
                {
                  "lang": "eng",
                  "value": "n/a"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        "references": {
          "reference_data": [
            {
              "name": "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0014.html",
              "refsource": "CONFIRM",
              "url": "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0014.html"
            },
            {
              "name": "55802",
              "refsource": "BID",
              "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55802"
            },
            {
              "name": "vmware-movie-code-execution(79046)",
              "refsource": "XF",
              "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79046"
            },
            {
              "name": "85957",
              "refsource": "OSVDB",
              "url": "http://osvdb.org/85957"
            },
            {
              "name": "20121010 VMSA-2012-0014 VMware vCenter Operations, CapacityIQ, and Movie Decoder security updates",
              "refsource": "BUGTRAQ",
              "url": "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-10/0069.html"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
    "assignerShortName": "mitre",
    "cveId": "CVE-2012-4897",
    "datePublished": "2012-10-05T17:00:00",
    "dateReserved": "2012-09-12T00:00:00",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-06T20:50:17.744Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1",
  "vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
    "nvd": "{\"cve\":{\"id\":\"CVE-2012-4897\",\"sourceIdentifier\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"published\":\"2012-10-05T17:55:00.817\",\"lastModified\":\"2024-11-21T01:43:42.700\",\"vulnStatus\":\"Modified\",\"cveTags\":[],\"descriptions\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in VMware Movie Decoder before 9.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in the installer directory.\"},{\"lang\":\"es\",\"value\":\"Vulnerabilidad en path de b\u00fasqueda no confiables en el instalador de VMware Movie Decoder anteriores a v9.0 permite a usuarios locales a obtener privilegios a trav\u00e9s de un fichero ejecutable troyanizado en el directorio de instalaci\u00f3n.\"}],\"metrics\":{\"cvssMetricV2\":[{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"cvssData\":{\"version\":\"2.0\",\"vectorString\":\"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C\",\"baseScore\":6.9,\"accessVector\":\"LOCAL\",\"accessComplexity\":\"MEDIUM\",\"authentication\":\"NONE\",\"confidentialityImpact\":\"COMPLETE\",\"integrityImpact\":\"COMPLETE\",\"availabilityImpact\":\"COMPLETE\"},\"baseSeverity\":\"MEDIUM\",\"exploitabilityScore\":3.4,\"impactScore\":10.0,\"acInsufInfo\":false,\"obtainAllPrivilege\":true,\"obtainUserPrivilege\":false,\"obtainOtherPrivilege\":false,\"userInteractionRequired\":false}]},\"weaknesses\":[{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"description\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"NVD-CWE-Other\"}]}],\"configurations\":[{\"nodes\":[{\"operator\":\"OR\",\"negate\":false,\"cpeMatch\":[{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"versionEndIncluding\":\"7.1.2\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"333C900E-C874-4606-AAC6-A5E4695C3315\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder:6.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"BB4AD584-02A6-491E-889A-74414E4752C3\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder:6.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"CE79F3F7-A21A-4CAA-BB0D-2955299EE8E0\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder:6.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"91A02B59-86A1-4C48-AF2D-A7A05B9B75EF\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder:6.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"C3E45920-90C4-4A33-9AFB-C2D53DF38238\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"B55938DF-073D-4D0E-822B-B6D122511EF0\"}]}]}],\"references\":[{\"url\":\"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-10/0069.html\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\"},{\"url\":\"http://osvdb.org/85957\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\"},{\"url\":\"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55802\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\"},{\"url\":\"http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0014.html\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Vendor Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79046\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\"},{\"url\":\"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-10/0069.html\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"},{\"url\":\"http://osvdb.org/85957\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"},{\"url\":\"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55802\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"},{\"url\":\"http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0014.html\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Vendor Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79046\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"}],\"evaluatorComment\":\"Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html\\r\\n\\r\\n\u0027CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path\u0027\"}}"
  }
}


Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.




Sightings

Author Source Type Date

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
  • Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.