CVE-2012-5458
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.3
Description
VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.5 and VMware Player 4.x before 4.0.5 on Windows use weak permissions for unspecified process threads, which allows host OS users to gain host OS privileges via a crafted application.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| vmware | player | 4.0 | |
| vmware | player | 4.0.0.18997 | |
| vmware | player | 4.0.1 | |
| vmware | player | 4.0.2 | |
| vmware | player | 4.0.3 | |
| vmware | player | 4.0.4 | |
| vmware | workstation | 8.0 | |
| vmware | workstation | 8.0.0.18997 | |
| vmware | workstation | 8.0.1 | |
| vmware | workstation | 8.0.1.27038 | |
| vmware | workstation | 8.0.2 | |
| vmware | workstation | 8.0.3 | |
| vmware | workstation | 8.0.4 | |
References
- http://osvdb.org/87118
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56469
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0015.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79924
- http://osvdb.org/87118
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56469
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0015.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79924
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.