CVE-2012-4897 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.
MediumCVSS 6.9
EPSS 0.41%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
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.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| VMware movie decoder | <= 7.1.2 | No fix listed |
| VMware movie decoder | = 6.5.2 | No fix listed |
| VMware movie decoder | = 6.5.3 | No fix listed |
| VMware movie decoder | = 6.5.4 | No fix listed |
| VMware movie decoder | = 6.5.5 | No fix listed |
| VMware movie decoder | = 7.0 | No fix listed |
References
- 20121010 VMSA-2012-0014 VMware vCenter Operations, CapacityIQ, and Movie Decoder security updates mailing-list
- 85957 vdb-entry
- 55802 vdb-entry
- www.vmware.com vendor-advisory
- vmware-movie-code-execution(79046) vdb-entry