CVE-2012-1666
vmware: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
- EPSS
- 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 56% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- vmware:esx
- vmware:fusion
- vmware:player
- vmware:view
- vmware:workstation
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
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-09/0013.html
- https://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_esxi41_u3_rel_notes.html#resolvedissuessecurity