Vulnerability in VMware Esx
CVE-2012-1518
VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.2, VMware Player 4.x before 4.0.2, VMware Fusion 4.x before 4.1.2, VMware ESXi 3.5 through 5.0, and VMware ESX 3.5 through 4.1 use an incorrect ACL for the VMware Tools folder, which allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges via unspecified vectors.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 8.3 (High). Vector: AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.017 (77.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 77.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- VMware Esx — versions 3.5, 4.0, 4.1
- VMware Esxi — versions 3.5, 4.0, 4.1
- VMware Fusion — versions 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2
- VMware Player — versions 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2
- VMware Workstation — versions 8.0, 8.0.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/48782 (third-party-advisory)
- osvdb.org/81163 (vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/53006 (vdb-entry)
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0007.html (Vendor Advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16745 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)