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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-5378

Original release date:10/11/2012
Last revised:10/12/2012
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installation functionality in ActiveTcl 8.5.12, when installed in the top-level C:\ directory, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the C:\TD\bin directory, which is added to the PATH system environment variable, as demonstrated by a Trojan horse wlbsctrl.dll file used by the "IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules" system service in Windows Vista SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows 7 SP1, and Windows 8 Release Preview.

Description

Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html 'CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path'

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:6.0 (MEDIUM) (AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 1.5
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: High
Authentication: Required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service

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External Source: MISC
Name: https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23108

Vulnerable software and versions

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