VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2012-5378
CVSS score6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.91%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-10-11
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.