CVE-2012-1666 The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package vmware-view-client (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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- published10 Sept 2020
- disclosed8 Sept 2012
Introduced: 8 Sep 2012
CVE-2012-1666 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:12.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vmware-view-client package and not the vmware-view-client package as distributed by Ubuntu.
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.