CVE-2012-1518

Severity: high (CVSS 8.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-04-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

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.

Affected products

VMware ESX: 3.5, 3.5-update1, 3.5-update2, 3.5-update3, 4.0, 4.1
VMware ESXi: 3.5, 3.5-1, 4.0, 4.0-1, 4.0-2, 4.0-3 (+5)
VMware Fusion: 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.1, 4.1.1
VMware Player: 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2
VMware Workstation: 8.0, 8.0.1

References

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
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0007.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16745
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

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