CVE-2012-2752 (GCVE-0-2012-2752)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-06-01 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:42
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Untrusted search path vulnerability in VMware vMA 4.x and 5.x before 5.0.0.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
7 references
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|---|---|
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027099 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-20… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/49300 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53697 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://osvdb.org/82276 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/49322 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Date Public
2012-05-25 00:00
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