VMware Workstation 8.x < 8.0.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2012-0015)

The VMware Workstation 8.x install detected on the remote host is earlier than 8.0.5 and is, therefore, potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities : - Certain processes, when created, have weak security permissions assigned. It is possible to commandeer these process threads, which cou...

CVE-2012-5458

Summary (CVE-2012-5458) VMware Workstation 8.x (pre-8.0.5) and VMware Player 4.x (pre-4.0.5) on Windows are affected by a flaw where certain created host process threads have weak permissions. This weak permission set can allow a local attacker with access to the host OS to escalate privileges on...

VMSA-2012-0015:VMware Hosted Products and OVF Tool address security issues

VMSA-2012-0015 VMware Hosted Products and OVF Tool address security issues VMware Security Advisory VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2012-0015 VMware Security Advisory Synopsis: VMware Hosted Products and OVF Tool address security issues VMware Security Advisory Issue date: 2012-11-08...