CVE-2012-4897 Information

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in VMware Movie Decoder before 9.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in the installer directory.

Reference

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-10/0069.html http://osvdb.org/85957 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55802 http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0014.html https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79046