Privilege escalation vulnerability in VMware Workstation and VMware Player via a crafted application| ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:8090 | Date: (C)2012-12-04 (M)2022-10-10 |
| Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: windows |
The host is installed with the VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.5 or VMware Player 4.x before 4.0.5 on Windows and is prone to privilege escalation vulnerability. A flaw is present in the application, which fails to assign strong security permissions for unspecified process threads. Successful exploitation allows host OS users to gain host OS privileges via a crafted application.
| Platform: |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 |
| Microsoft Windows 11 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 |
| Microsoft Windows 7 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
| Microsoft Windows 10 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
| Microsoft Windows Vista |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
| Product: |
| VMware Player |
| VMware Workstation |
