CVE-2012-5458 (GCVE-0-2012-5458)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-11-14 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:05
VLAI
Summary
VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.5 and VMware Player 4.x before 4.0.5 on Windows use weak permissions for unspecified process threads, which allows host OS users to gain host OS privileges via a crafted application.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2266 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://osvdb.org/87118 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56469 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-20… x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2012-11-08 00:00
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