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CVE-2012-5458

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-11-14 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

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.

Affected products

• VMware Player: 4.0, 4.0.0.18997, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4
• VMware Workstation: 8.0, 8.0.0.18997, 8.0.1, 8.0.1.27038, 8.0.2, 8.0.3 (+1)

References

• http://osvdb.org/87118
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56469
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0015.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79924
• http://osvdb.org/87118
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56469
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0015.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79924

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