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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 6.9 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2012-09-08

Last modified

2024-09-17

Affected products

• Esx (Vmware)
• Fusion (Vmware)
• Player (Vmware)
• View (Vmware)
• Workstation (Vmware)

References

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