CVE-2012-1517

CVSS V2 High 9 CVSS V3 None

Description

The VMX process in VMware ESXi 4.1 and ESX 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 function pointers.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2012-1517

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2012-05-04T16:55:01

Last Modified Date
2017-12-13T02:29:05

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:4.1:::::::*	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

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%3A17231
http://osvdb.org/81692
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75374
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027018
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53369

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1517
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1517

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 08:09:16				Added to TrackCVE