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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 VMware ESX 3.5 through 4.…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
VmwareWorkstation
Versions 8.0, 8.0.1
VmwarePlayer
Versions 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2
VmwareFusion
Versions 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.1, 4.1.1
VmwareEsxi
Versions 3.5, 4.0, 4.1, 5.0
VmwareEsx
Versions 3.5, 4.0, 4.1

Weakness classification

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