VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2012-5459

CVSS score7.9 HIGH
EPSS probability0.61%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-11-14
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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."

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