CVE-2012-1516

CVSS V2 High 9 CVSS V3 Critical 9.9
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2012-1516
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2012-05-04T16:55:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-09-27T18:13:22
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.5:update1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.5:update2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.5:update3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:3.5:1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:4:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 9
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.9
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.1
  • Impact Score
  • 6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0009.html Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16810 Tool Signature
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75373 VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027018 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53369 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1516
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1516
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:45:26 Added to TrackCVE