CVE-2012-5978 (GCVE-0-2012-5978)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-12-19 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:21
VLAI
Summary
Multiple 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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-20… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027875 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Date Public
2012-12-13 00:00
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