VulnerabilityModified
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."
HIGH 7.9EPSS 0.61%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.61%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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."
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.9 HIGHAV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.61% probability · 47th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- vmware/player · vmware/workstation
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://osvdb.org/87119
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56470
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0015.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79923
- http://osvdb.org/87119
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56470
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0015.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79923
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.