FKIE_CVE-2012-5459

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-11-14 12:30 - Updated: 2025-04-11 00:51
Severity ?
Summary
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."
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/87119
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56470
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0015.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79923
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/87119
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56470
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0015.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79923
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
vmware player 4.0
vmware player 4.0.0.18997
vmware player 4.0.1
vmware player 4.0.2
vmware player 4.0.3
vmware player 4.0.4
vmware workstation 8.0
vmware workstation 8.0.0.18997
vmware workstation 8.0.1
vmware workstation 8.0.1.27038
vmware workstation 8.0.2
vmware workstation 8.0.3
vmware workstation 8.0.4
microsoft windows *
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