CVE-2012-1518
HIGH severity · CVSS 8.3 · CWE-264
8.3CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorAdjacent
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0007.htmlAdvisory
- http://osvdb.org/81163
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48782
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53006
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026922
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026923
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16745