PT-2012-5646 · Vmware · Vmware Movie Decoder

Published 2012-10-05 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-4897

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware Movie Decoder versions prior to 9.0

Description The issue is related to an untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer. This allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in the installer directory.

Recommendations For versions prior to 9.0, update to version 9.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-4897

Affected Products

Vmware Movie Decoder

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4897 · Security Note
• http://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0014.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-10/0069.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79046 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/55802 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/85957 · Note