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CVE-2012-5459

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.9 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-11-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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."

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/87119
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56470
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0015.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79923
• http://osvdb.org/87119
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56470
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0015.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79923

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