CVE-2012-1518

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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 thr

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.

HIGH · CVSS 8.3 EPSS 0.00908

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CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules14 YARA rules0

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Affected Products & Versions

vmware workstationall versions
vmware playerall versions
vmware fusionall versions
vmware esxiall versions
vmware esxall versions

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Sigma Hunt Rules

Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.

productmediumSuspicious Workstation Locking via Rundll32

productinformationalLocked Workstation

producthighESXi Admin Permission Assigned To Account Via ESXCLI

productmediumESXi Storage Information Discovery Via ESXCLI

productmediumESXi Network Configuration Discovery Via ESXCLI

productmediumESXi VSAN Information Discovery Via ESXCLI

Show all 14 top matchesproductmediumESXi System Information Discovery Via ESXCLI
productmediumESXi VM Kill Via ESXCLI
productmediumESXi Syslog Configuration Change Via ESXCLI
productmediumESXi VM List Discovery Via ESXCLI
producthighUAC Bypass Using Windows Media Player - File
producthighUAC Bypass Using Windows Media Player - Process
producthighUAC Bypass Using Windows Media Player - Registry
producthighFlash Player Update from Suspicious Location

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Scoring & Timeline

8.3

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Published to NVD17 Apr 2012 · 09:55 PM

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://osvdb.org/81163

http://secunia.com/advisories/48782

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53006

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026922

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026923

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0007.htmlVendor Advisory

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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16745

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