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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.75%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 8.3 HIGHAV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 1.75% probability · 77th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- vmware/workstation · vmware/player · vmware/fusion · vmware/esxi · vmware/esx
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://osvdb.org/81163
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48782
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53006
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026922
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026923
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0007.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16745
- http://osvdb.org/81163
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48782
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53006
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026922
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026923
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0007.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16745
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.