CVE-2012-1518 Information

Description

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.

Reference

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.html https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A16745