CVE-2012-5978

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-5978
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-12-19 11:56:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionMultiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the (1) View Connection Server and (2) View Security Server in VMware View 4.x before 4.6.2 and 5.x before 5.1.2 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vmware View 4.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware View 4.0.0 u2 All All
Application Vmware View 4.5 All All All
Application Vmware View 4.6.0 All All All
Application Vmware View 4.6.1 All All All
Application Vmware View 5.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware View 5.0.0 u2 All All
Application Vmware View 5.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware View 5.1.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMSA-2012-0017 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Vendor Advisory
VMware View Server Directory Traversal Flaw Discloses Files to Remote Users - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
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