CVE-2012-5378

N/A

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published10/11/2012

Last Modified4/11/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

activestate:activetcl

References

http://osvdb.org/86179(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23108(cve@mitre.org)

http://osvdb.org/86179(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23108(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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