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CVE-2012-5459

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
14/11/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.5 and VMware Player 4.x before 4.0.5 on Windows allows host OS users to gain host OS privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in a "system folder."

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.90 HIGH
Vector: AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Adjacent
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
7.90
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.0.18997:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.0.18997:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.1.27038:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools