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CVE-2012-5458

VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.5 and VMware Player 4.x before 4.0.5 on Windows use weak permissions for unspecified process threads, which allows host OS users to gain host OS privileges via a crafted application.

  • Published: Nov 14, 2012
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2012-5458
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 8.3
  • AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
vmware / player 4.0 4.0.x
vmware / player 4.0.0.18997 4.0.0.18997.x
vmware / player 4.0.1 4.0.1.x
vmware / player 4.0.2 4.0.2.x
vmware / player 4.0.3 4.0.3.x
vmware / player 4.0.4 4.0.4.x
vmware / workstation 8.0 8.0.x
vmware / workstation 8.0.0.18997 8.0.0.18997.x
vmware / workstation 8.0.1 8.0.1.x
vmware / workstation 8.0.1.27038 8.0.1.27038.x
vmware / workstation 8.0.2 8.0.2.x
vmware / workstation 8.0.3 8.0.3.x
vmware / workstation 8.0.4 8.0.4.x