CVE-2012-4897 - Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in VMware Movie Decoder before 9.0 allows local

CVE-2012-4897

Summary

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. Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html 'CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path'

References

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder:6.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:6.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder:6.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:6.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder:7.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder:7.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	6.9 (as of 29-08-2017 - 01:32)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
LOCAL	MEDIUM	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
COMPLETE	COMPLETE	COMPLETE

cvss-vector via4

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

refmap via4

bid	55802
bugtraq	20121010 VMSA-2012-0014 VMware vCenter Operations, CapacityIQ, and Movie Decoder security updates
confirm	http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0014.html
osvdb	85957
xf	vmware-movie-code-execution(79046)

Last major update

29-08-2017 - 01:32

Published

05-10-2012 - 17:55

Last modified

29-08-2017 - 01:32