CVE-2012-1516 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53369 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027018 http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0009.html https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75373 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A16810

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.9