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CVE-2012-1518

CVE information

Published

12 years ago

Last Modified

6 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

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..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
8.3/10
Exploit Score
6.5/10
Access Vector
Adjacent_network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
10/10
Confidentiality Impact
Complete
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
Complete

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:3.5:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:4:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.5:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.5:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.5:update3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -