CVE-2012-1518 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting VMware Workstation, Player, Fusion, ESXi, and ESX. It stems from an incorrect Access Control List (ACL) on the VMware Tools folder, allowing guest OS users to gain elevated privileges within the guest operating system. With a CVSS score of 8.3 (High), this vulnerability has an adjacent attack vector, low attack complexity, and a complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.