CVE-2012-1515 (GCVE-0-2012-1515)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-04-02 10:00
Modified
2024-08-06 19:01
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52820
cve@mitre.org http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026875
cve@mitre.org http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-164A.html US Government Resource
cve@mitre.org http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0006.html Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-042
cve@mitre.org https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74480
cve@mitre.org https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15209
cve@mitre.org https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17110
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52820
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026875
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-164A.html US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0006.html Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-042
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74480
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15209
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17110
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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