FKIE_CVE-2012-1666

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-09-08 10:28 - Updated: 2025-04-11 00:51
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-09/0013.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_esxi41_u3_rel_notes.html#resolvedissuessecurity
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-09/0013.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_esxi41_u3_rel_notes.html#resolvedissuessecurity
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
vmware workstation *
vmware workstation 8.0
vmware workstation 8.0.0.18997
vmware workstation 8.0.1
vmware workstation 8.0.1.27038
vmware workstation 8.0.2
vmware player *
vmware player 4.0
vmware player 4.0.0.18997
vmware player 4.0.1
vmware player 4.0.2
vmware fusion *
vmware fusion 4.0
vmware fusion 4.0.1
vmware fusion 4.0.2
vmware fusion 4.1
vmware view *
vmware view 4.6.0
vmware esx 4.1
vmware esx 5.0
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