CVE-2012-5459

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-5459
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-11-14 12:30:59 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionUntrusted 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."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.9 from [email protected]

AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows All All All All
Application Vmware Player 4.0 All All All
Application Vmware Player 4.0.0.18997 All All All
Application Vmware Player 4.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Player 4.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Player 4.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Player 4.0.4 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 8.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 8.0.0.18997 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 8.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 8.0.1.27038 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 8.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 8.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 8.0.4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
VMSA-2012-0015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
504 Gateway Time-out af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
osvdb.org/87119 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
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