PT-2012-5982 · Vmware · Vmware Player+1

Published 2012-11-14 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-5458

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 8.0.4 VMware Player versions 4.0.0 through 4.0.4

Description The issue allows host OS users to gain host OS privileges via a crafted application due to weak permissions for unspecified process threads.

Recommendations For VMware Workstation versions 8.0.0 through 8.0.4, update to version 8.0.5 or later. For VMware Player versions 4.0.0 through 4.0.4, update to version 4.0.5 or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-5458

Affected Products

Vmware Player

Vmware Workstation

References · 6

• http://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0015.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5458 · Security Note
• http://osvdb.org/87118 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79924 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/56469 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5458 · Note