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CVE-2012-4897
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in VMware Movie Decoder before 9.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan…
Medium6.9EPSS 0.41%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.41% · top 65% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0014.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 55802 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- vmware-movie-code-execution(79046) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 85957 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20121010 VMSA-2012-0014 VMware vCenter Operations, CapacityIQ, and Movie Decoder security updates (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
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- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .