PT-2012-6216 · Vmware · Vmware View

Published 2012-12-19 · Updated 2017-09-19 · CVE-2012-5978

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware View versions 4.x through 4.6.1 VMware View versions 5.x through 5.1.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files due to multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the View Connection Server and View Security Server.

Recommendations For versions 4.x through 4.6.1, update to version 4.6.2 or later. For versions 5.x through 5.1.1, update to version 5.1.2 or later.

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-5978

Affected Products

Vmware View

References · 4

• http://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0017.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5978 · Security Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17049 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1027875 · Note