CVE-2012-1516

9.9CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor
Vmware
Status
Esx
Vendor
CVE Published:
4 May 2012

Summary

The VMX process in VMware ESXi 3.5 through 4.1 and ESX 3.5 through 4.1 does not properly handle RPC commands, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory overwrite and process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host OS via vectors involving data pointers.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/...
vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0009....
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027018
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.9
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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