CVE-2012-1666 Path traversal in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges by placing a malicious DLL in the current working directory, affecting VMware virtualization products.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-1666?
CVE-2012-1666 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Vmware Esx, published on 8 Sep 2012. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-1666?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Vmware Esx, Vmware Fusion, Vmware Player, Vmware View, Vmware Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2012-1666?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-1666 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2012-1666 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2012-1666 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Esx
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w89w-68w2-pjg9.