CVE-2012-2752

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.

Published: 2012-06-01 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-2752 is rated Moderate Risk (40/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.40%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2752

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 0.04% 0.40% +0.35%
2 2023-03-07 1.03% 0.04% -0.99%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.03% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2752

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-2752

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2012-2752

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

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2752

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vmware vma 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vma:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vma 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vma:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vma 5.0.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vma:5.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2752

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