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CVE-2012-1518
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…
High8.3EPSS 1.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High8.3 | AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 22% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- 48782 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 81163 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 1026922 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 53006 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0007.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16745 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 1026923 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .