Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2012-1666. PoCs published by Moshe Zioni.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a DLL hijacking vulnerability in ThinPrint, allowing local attackers to execute arbitrary code (e.g., calc.exe) with the privileges of the user running the affected application. The PoC uses a malicious DllMain function to trigger the payload upon DLL load.
Description
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.
Exploits (1)
This exploit demonstrates a DLL hijacking vulnerability in ThinPrint, allowing local attackers to execute arbitrary code (e.g., calc.exe) with the privileges of the user running the affected application. The PoC uses a malicious DllMain function to trigger the payload upon DLL load.