HIGH
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
Published Jun 1, 2012
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.40%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.2 HIGH NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.40% 0.00395
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00395
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.40% (0.00395) | 31.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.40% (0.00395) | 31.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.04% (0.00041) | 9.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- http://osvdb.org/82276 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49300 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49322 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53697 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027099 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0010.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75891 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/82276 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/49300 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/49322 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53697 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027099 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0010.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75891 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jun 1, 2012
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved May 14, 2012
Link CVE-2012-2752
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a