CVE-2012-5459 (GCVE-0-2012-5459)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-11-14 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:05
VLAI
Summary
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."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://osvdb.org/87119 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-20… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2012-11-08 00:00
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