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CVE-2012-5978

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-12-19 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the (1) View Connection Server and (2) View Security Server in VMware View 4.x before 4.6.2 and 5.x before 5.1.2 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• VMware View: 4.0.0, 4.0.0-u2, 4.5, 4.6.0, 4.6.1, 5.0.0 (+3)

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027875
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0017.html
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17049
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027875
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0017.html
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17049

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