CVE-2012-5458 Information

Description

VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.5 and VMware Player 4.x before 4.0.5 on Windows use weak permissions for unspecified process threads which allows host OS users to gain host OS privileges via a crafted application.

Reference

http://osvdb.org/87118 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56469 http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0015.html https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79924