CVE-2012-4897

no score yetEPSS 0.4%

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.

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 35% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2012-10-05
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

vmware:movie_decoder

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-10/0069.html
http://osvdb.org/85957
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55802
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0014.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79046

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