CVE-2012-4897

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.

Published: 2012-10-05 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-4897 is rated Low Risk (39.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.41%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4897

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 0.16% 0.41% +0.25%
2 2025-03-30 0.15% 0.16% +0.01%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.15% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4897

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-2012-4897

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2012-4897

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

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4897

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vmware movie_decoder <= 7.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware movie_decoder 6.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder:6.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware movie_decoder 6.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder:6.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware movie_decoder 6.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder:6.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware movie_decoder 6.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder:6.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware movie_decoder 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4897

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