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CVE-2012-1666· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

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

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.

MediumCVSS 6.9 · v2.0—Proof of concept No fix recorded
Published
Sep 8, 2012
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.8% · 54th percentile
CWE
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CVSS
27 / 40 · 6.9 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.8%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
vmwareworkstation
vmwareplayer
vmwarefusion
vmwareview
vmwareesx

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • vmware esx4.1
  • vmware esx5.0
  • vmware fusionup to 4.1.1 inclusive
  • vmware fusion4.0
  • vmware fusion4.0.1
  • vmware fusion4.0.2
  • vmware fusion4.1
  • vmware playerup to 4.0.3 inclusive
  • vmware player4.0
  • vmware player4.0.0.18997
  • vmware player4.0.1
  • vmware player4.0.2
  • vmware viewup to 5.0 inclusive
  • vmware view4.6.0
  • vmware workstationup to 8.0.3 inclusive
  • vmware workstation8.0
  • vmware workstation8.0.0.18997
  • vmware workstation8.0.1
  • vmware workstation8.0.1.27038
  • vmware workstation8.0.2

Same product

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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

  • Exploit-DB entry ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entrylocal2012-09-04

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. First PoC-4 d
  2. Published
  3. TodaySep 30, 2026+5135 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    C · data can be read
    Integrity
    C · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    C · the service can be disrupted
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    C
    Integrity impact
    C
    Availability impact
    C

    Weakness class (CWE)

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    CVSS vector

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

    nvd-primary

    Attack context

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    Change log

    No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

    References

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