CVE-2012-1666

mediumpriority · track · 38EPSS 0.008 · 56 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

0.78% (56th) EPSS

CVSS 6.9 · medium

Is it mine?

21 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.9

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.06.9mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.4 · impact 10

v2.06.2mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-426USLLM-inferred

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-37780ThinPrint - 'tpfc.dll' Insecure Library Loading Arbitrary Code Executionfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (21)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
vmware esx= 4.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esx= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion≤ 4.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion= 4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion= 4.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion= 4.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion= 4.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player≤ 4.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player= 4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player= 4.0.0.18997nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player= 4.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player= 4.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware view≤ 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:view:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware view= 4.6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:view:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation≤ 8.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 8.0.0.18997nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 8.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 8.0.1.27038nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2012-09-08modified 2026-06-16

references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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