PT-2012-5982

CVE-2012-5458

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Published

2012-11-14

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Updated

2017-08-29

Description by

CVSS 2.0
8.3
High
MetricsAV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware Workstation versions 8.0.0 through 8.0.4 VMware Player versions 4.0.0 through 4.0.4
Description The issue allows host OS users to gain host OS privileges via a crafted application due to weak permissions for unspecified process threads.
Recommendations For VMware Workstation versions 8.0.0 through 8.0.4, update to version 8.0.5 or later. For VMware Player versions 4.0.0 through 4.0.4, update to version 4.0.5 or later.
Exploitability
Fix
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-264
Related identifiers
CVE-2012-5458
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