CVE-2012-5459

Untrusted 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."

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.9 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2012-11-14

Last modified

2024-08-06

Affected products

• Player (Vmware)
• Workstation (Vmware)

References

• http://osvdb.org/87119
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56470
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0015.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79923