CVE-2012-5459

high VMware
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.9
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
0.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 67% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: November 14, 2012 (4929 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: VMware
Source: NVD

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."

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

vmware playervmware workstation

References

🔗 osvdb.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.vmware.com 🔗 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com 🔗 osvdb.org