CVE-2012-1518

Summary

CVECVE-2012-1518
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-04-17 21:55:00 UTC
Updated2017-12-29 02:29:00 UTC
DescriptionVMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.2, VMware Player 4.x before 4.0.2, VMware Fusion 4.x before 4.1.2, VMware ESXi 3.5 through 5.0, and VMware ESX 3.5 through 4.1 use an incorrect ACL for the VMware Tools folder, which allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges via unspecified vectors.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Vmware Esx 3.5 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 3.5 update1 All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 3.5 update2 All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 3.5 update3 All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 4.0 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 4.1 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 3.5 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 3.5 update1 All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 3.5 update2 All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 3.5 update3 All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 4.0 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 4.1 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 3.5 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 3.5 1 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.0 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.0 1 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.0 2 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.0 3 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.0 4 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.1 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.1 1 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.1 2 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 5.0 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 3.5 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 3.5 1 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.0 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.0 1 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.0 2 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.0 3 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.0 4 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.1 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.1 1 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 4.1 2 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 5.0 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 4.0 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 4.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 4.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 4.1 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 4.1.1 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 4.0 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 4.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 4.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 4.1 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 4.1.1 All All All
Application Vmware Player 4.0 All All All
Application Vmware Player 4.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Player 4.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Player 4.0 All All All
Application Vmware Player 4.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Player 4.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 8.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 8.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 8.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 8.0.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA48782 - VMware Multiple Products Privilege Escalation Security Issue - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
VMware Workstation/Player/Fusion VMware Tools Access Control Error Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
81163 OSVDB osvdb.org
VMware Multiple Products Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
VMSA-2012-0007.1 CONFIRM www.vmware.com Vendor Advisory
VMware ESX/ESXi VMware Tools Access Control Error Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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