Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows
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."
EPSS: 0.006 (45.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows
- Vmware Player — versions 4.0, 4.0.0.18997, 4.0.1
- Vmware Workstation — versions 8.0, 8.0.0.18997, 8.0.1
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)