CVE-2012-4897

medium VMware
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.9
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
0.2%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 64% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: October 5, 2012 (4969 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: VMware
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

vmware movie decoder

References

🔗 archives.neohapsis.com 🔗 osvdb.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.vmware.com 🔗 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com