7.9

CVE-2012-5459: vmware player

CVSS: 7.9v2.0HighModified
Published 14-11-2012Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-5459 is a high (CVSS 7.9) vulnerability in vmware player. EPSS estimates a 0.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.9/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.61%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 14-11-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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."

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.61%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

48%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.61% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.61%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Vmware2 products
  • player4.0 | 4.0.0.18997 | 4.0.1 | 4.0.2 | 4.0.3 | 4.0.4
  • workstation8.0 | 8.0.0.18997 | 8.0.1 | 8.0.1.27038 | 8.0.2 | 8.0.3 | 8.0.4

1 vendor · 2 products

References

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