PT-2012-5983 · Vmware · Vmware Player+1

Published 2012-11-14 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-5459

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.9

High

Base vector

AV:A/AC:M/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 Trojan horse DLL in a "system folder" due to an untrusted search path vulnerability.

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

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-5459

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-2012-5459 · Security Note
• http://osvdb.org/87119 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79923 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/56470 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5459 · Note