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VMware Player: VMware Tools Display Driver Privilege Escalation (XPDM buffer overrun) (VMSA-2012-0005) (CVE-2012-1509)

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VMware Player: VMware Tools Display Driver Privilege Escalation (XPDM buffer overrun) (VMSA-2012-0005) (CVE-2012-1509)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/16/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/30/2013
Modified
11/21/2016

Description

Buffer overflow in the XPDM display driver in VMware View before 4.6.1 allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges via unspecified vectors.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-player-upgrade-3_1_4

References

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