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CVE-2012-1516

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.9

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published5/4/2012

Last Modified4/11/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

vmware:esxvmware:esxi

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53369(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027018(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0009.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75373(cve@mitre.org)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16810(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53369(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027018(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0009.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75373(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16810(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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