CVE-2012-5378

Published Oct 11, 2012

Last updated 12 years ago

Overview

Description
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.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
6
Impact score
10
Exploitability score
1.5
Vector string
AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
NVD-CWE-Other

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Evaluator

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

Configurations