CVE-2012-5382 Privilege escalation in n/a

Medium 6.0 Published Updated

Local attackers can escalate privileges via DLL hijacking if Zend Server is installed in the root C: drive, requiring administrative misconfiguration.

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-2012-5382?

CVE-2012-5382 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Oct 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 the installation functionality in Zend Server 5.6.0 SP4, when installed in the top-level C:\ directory, might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the C:\Zend\ZendServer\share\ZendFramework\bin directory, which may be added to the PATH system environment variable by an administrator, as demonstrated by a Trojan horse wlbsctrl.dll file used by the "IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules" system service in Windows Vista SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows 7 SP1, and Windows 8 Release Preview. NOTE: CVE disputes this issue because the choice of C:\ (and the resulting unsafe PATH) is established by an administrative action that is not a default part of the Zend Server installation

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-5382?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Zend Zend Server.

How do I fix CVE-2012-5382?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-5382 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2012-5382 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2012-5382 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-698r-78mf-5xwp.

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