VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2012-1518

CVSS score8.3 HIGH
EPSS probability1.75%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-04-17
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

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