CVE-2012-5458

CVE-2012-5458 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.5 and VMware Player 4.x before 4.0.5 on Windows. The flaw stems from weak permissions on unspecified process threads, allowing a local host OS user to gain elevated privileges through a crafted application. With a CVSS score of 8.3, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the host system with low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.