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 craf...
HighCVSS 8.3
EPSS 0.70%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
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.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| VMware player | = 4.0 | No fix listed |
| VMware player | = 4.0.0.18997 | No fix listed |
| VMware player | = 4.0.1 | No fix listed |
| VMware player | = 4.0.2 | No fix listed |
| VMware player | = 4.0.3 | No fix listed |
| VMware player | = 4.0.4 | No fix listed |
| VMware Workstation | = 8.0 | No fix listed |
| VMware Workstation | = 8.0.0.18997 | No fix listed |
| VMware Workstation | = 8.0.1 | No fix listed |
| VMware Workstation | = 8.0.1.27038 | No fix listed |
| VMware Workstation | = 8.0.2 | No fix listed |
| VMware Workstation | = 8.0.3 | No fix listed |
| VMware Workstation | = 8.0.4 | No fix listed |
References
- 87118 vdb-entry
- 56469 vdb-entry
- www.vmware.com vendor-advisory
- workstation-player-priv-esc(79924) vdb-entry