CVE-2012-4897 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2012-10-05

Score: 6.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder:6.5.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder:6.5.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder:6.5.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder:6.5.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder:7.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-4822	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00157.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Subscriptions

Vmware Movie Decoder

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-10-05T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:50:17.744Z

Reserved: 2012-09-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-4897

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-10-05T17:55:00.817

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-4897

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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