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Home›CVE Pulse›CVE-2012-5459

CVE-2012-5459

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

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."

📅 Published

November 14, 2012

🔄 Last Modified

April 29, 2026

🔗 References (8)

cve@mitrehttp://osvdb.org/87119
cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56470
cve@mitrehttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0015.html
cve@mitrehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79923
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/87119
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56470
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0015.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79923

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