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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 14, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2012-5459

CVE-2012-5459

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."

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Affected products

15
  • VMware/Player7 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.0.18997:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: >=4.0, <4.0.5
  • VMware/Workstation8 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.0.18997:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.1.27038:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: >=8.0, <8.0.5

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