CVE-2012-2752 Path traversal in n/a
Local attackers can gain privileges by placing a malicious DLL in the current working directory of VMware vMA.
- 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-2012-2752?
CVE-2012-2752 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Jun 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 vMA 4.x and 5.x before 5.0.0.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2752?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Vmware Vma.
How do I fix CVE-2012-2752?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-2752 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-2012-2752 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2752 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h7qj-m6r2-68cc.