Vulnerability CVE-2012-5978
Published: 2012-12-19

Description:
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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
VMware View Connection Server Directory Traversal
r@b13$
15.12.2012

Type:

CWE-22

 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Vmware -> VIEW 

 References:
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0017.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027875
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