{"cve":"CVE-2012-5459","nvd":{"published":"2012-11-14T12:30:59.803","modified":"2026-06-16T23:46:49.913","status":"Modified","description":"Untrusted search path vulnerability in VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.5 and VMware Player 4.x before 4.0.5 on Windows allows host OS users to gain host OS privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in a \"system folder.\"","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://osvdb.org/87119","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56470","http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0015.html","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79923","http://osvdb.org/87119"],"products":["vmware:player","vmware:workstation"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:25:53.526315492+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-5459","score":0.00606,"percentile":0.48986,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}