CVE-2012-2449

CVSS V2 High 9 CVSS V3 None
Description
VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.3, VMware Player 4.x before 4.0.3, VMware Fusion 4.x through 4.1.2, VMware ESXi 3.5 through 5.0, and VMware ESX 3.5 through 4.1 do not properly configure the virtual floppy device, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write operation and VMX process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host OS by leveraging administrative privileges on the guest OS.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2012-2449
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2012-05-04T16:55:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-12-14T02:29:03
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:a:vmware:workstation:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
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
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
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16863
http://osvdb.org/81694
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75376
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53369
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027019
http://secunia.com/advisories/49032
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2449
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2449
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:09:12 Added to TrackCVE