CVE-2012-1666

Exp

Untrusted search path vulnerability in VMware Tools in VMware Workstation before 8.0.4, VMware Player before 4.0.4, VMware Fusion before 4.1.2, VMware View before 5.1, and VMware ESX 4.1 before U3 and 5.0 before P03 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse tpfc.dll file in the current working directory.

Published: 2012-09-08 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-1666 is rated High Exploit Risk (61/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.78%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-1666

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
37780 exploit_db edb 2012-09-04 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1666

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.29% 0.78% +0.49%
2 2026-05-10 0.24% 0.29% +0.05%
3 2025-08-16 — 0.24% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-1666

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.4 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-1666

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-1666

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-1666 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (vmware-view-client, vmware-view-open-client), 12 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, upstream): not-affected 8, DNE 2, needs-triage 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-1666

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2012-1666

Comment: Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html 'CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path'

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-1666

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vmware workstation <= 8.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 8.0.0.18997 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.0.18997:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 8.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 8.0.1.27038 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.1.27038:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 8.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player <= 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player 4.0.0.18997 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.0.18997:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion <= 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware view <= 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:view:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware view 4.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:view:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esx 4.1 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esx 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-1666

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