8.3 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.003 Low
EPSS
Percentile
66.0%
a. VMware Tools Incorrect Folder Permissions Privilege EscalationThe access control list of the VMware Tools folder is incorrectly set. Exploitation of this issue may lead to local privilege escalation on Windows-based Guest Operating Systems.VMware would like to thank Tavis Ormandy for reporting this issue to us.The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2012-1518 to this issue.Column 4 of the following table lists the action required to remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution is available.