CVE-2012-1515

critical

Description

VMware ESXi 3.5, 4.0, and 4.1 and ESX 3.5, 4.0, and 4.1 do not properly implement port-based I/O operations, which allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges by overwriting memory locations in a read-only memory block associated with the Virtual DOS Machine.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17110

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15209

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74480

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-042

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0006.html

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-164A.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026875

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52820

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-04-02

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical