ubuntu · CVE-2012-1666

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Priority: medium Published: 2012-09-08 10:28:00 UTC Updated: 2024-07-24 15:57:39 UTC

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Freshness: upstream tracker timestamp is available; use API updated time as primary recency signal.

Tracker summary

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.

Description:

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.

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