cve/2012/CVE-2012-4897.md

### [CVE-2012-4897](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4897)
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### Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in VMware Movie Decoder before 9.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in the installer directory.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0014.html

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.