CVE-2012-2752

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-06-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

VMware Vma: 4.0, 4.1, 5.0.0.1

References

http://osvdb.org/82276
http://secunia.com/advisories/49300
http://secunia.com/advisories/49322
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53697
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027099
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0010.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75891
http://osvdb.org/82276
http://secunia.com/advisories/49300
http://secunia.com/advisories/49322
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53697
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027099

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