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Home›CVE Pulse›CVE-2012-1666

CVE-2012-1666

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

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.

📅 Published

September 8, 2012

🔄 Last Modified

April 29, 2026

🔗 References (4)

cve@mitrehttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-09/0013.html
cve@mitrehttps://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_esxi41_u3_rel_notes.html#resolvedissuessecurity
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-09/0013.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_esxi41_u3_rel_notes.html#resolvedissuessecurity

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