CVE-2012-1666: n/a vulnerability

CVE-2012-1666: Untrusted search path vulnerability in VMware Tools in VMware Workstation before 8.0.4, VMware Player befor...

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.

UnknownCVSS not scoredNot KEV-listedUpdatedSep 17, 2024, 01:56 UTC (UTC+00:00)

Security readout for executives and security teams

This is an old VMware Tools privilege-escalation issue. On affected VMware products, a local user could place a malicious DLL where VMware Tools would load it, potentially gaining higher privileges. The sources do not show active exploitation or a CVSS score. Exposure is most likely in legacy VMware estates, old gold images, VDI environments, lab systems, or unmanaged virtual machines still running the affected VMware Tools versions or host products. Treat as a legacy hygiene and privilege-escalation risk. It is not supported here as actively exploited, but it matters where old VMware platforms remain in production or VDI environments. Mitigation focus: Upgrade affected VMware products to the fixed versions listed in the CVE description.; Update VMware Tools in guest templates, golden images, and long-lived virtual machines.; Retire unsupported VMware Workstation, Player, Fusion, View, and ESX versions where present..

Prepared: Jun 28, 2026, 00:52 UTC (UTC+00:00)

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Vulnerability profileCVE Program record

Severity: Unknown
CVSS: Not scored
Known Exploited: No
Published: Sep 8, 2012, 10:00 UTC (UTC+00:00)

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https://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_esxi41_u3_rel_notes.html#resolvedissuessecurityCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM

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