PT-2012-3324 · Vmware · Vmware Player+3

Published 2012-04-17 · Updated 2017-12-29 · CVE-2012-1518

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

8.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware Workstation versions 8.0.0 through 8.0.1 VMware Player versions 4.0.0 through 4.0.1 VMware Fusion versions 4.0.0 through 4.1.1 VMware ESXi versions 3.5 through 5.0 VMware ESX versions 3.5 through 4.1

Description The issue arises from an incorrect ACL for the VMware Tools folder, allowing guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges via unspecified vectors.

Recommendations For VMware Workstation versions 8.0.0 through 8.0.1, update to version 8.0.2 or later. For VMware Player versions 4.0.0 through 4.0.1, update to version 4.0.2 or later. For VMware Fusion versions 4.0.0 through 4.1.1, update to version 4.1.2 or later. For VMware ESXi versions 3.5 through 5.0, update to a version later than 5.0. For VMware ESX versions 3.5 through 4.1, update to a version later than 4.1.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-1518

Affected Products

Vmware Esxi

Vmware Fusion

Vmware Player

Vmware Workstation

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1518 · Security Note
• http://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0007.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48782 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/81163 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1026922 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1026923 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1518 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/53006 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16745 · Note