CVE-2012-1518 (GCVE-0-2012-1518)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-04-17 21:00
Modified
2024-08-06 19:01
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
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.
References
http://secunia.com/advisories/48782 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://osvdb.org/81163 vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026922 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53006 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0007.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16745 vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026923 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a n/a Version: n/a
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