CVE-2012-4897

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 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: 2012-10-05 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

VMware Movie Decoder: through 7.1.2; 6.5.2, 6.5.3, 6.5.4, 6.5.5, 7.0

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-10/0069.html
http://osvdb.org/85957
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55802
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0014.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79046
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-10/0069.html
http://osvdb.org/85957
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55802
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0014.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79046

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