Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2012-1515 First vendor Publication 2012-04-02
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2018-10-12

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 8.3 Attack Range Adjacent network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 6.5 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1515

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15209
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15209
Title: BIOS ROM Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2012-1515)
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.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2012-1515
 Version: 3
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows XP
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17110
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17110
Title: VMware ROM Overwrite Privilege Escalation
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.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2012-1515
 Version: 4
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows XP
 Product(s): VMware Workstation
VMware Player
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20625
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20625
Title: VMware ESXi and ESX address several security issues
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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2012-1515
 Version: 4
Platform(s): VMWare ESX Server 4.1
VMWare ESX Server 4.0
VMWare ESX Server 3.5
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 3
Os 3

ExploitDB Exploits

id Description
2012-08-27 Microsoft Windows Kernel Intel x64 SYSRET PoC

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-06-13 Name : Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Elevation Vulnerabilities (2711167)
File : nvt/secpod_ms12-042.nasl
2012-04-02 Name : VMSA-2012-0006 VMware ESXi and ESX address several security issues
File : nvt/gb_VMSA-2012-0006.nasl

Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)

Date Description
2012-04-12 IAVM : 2012-A-0055 - VMWare ESX 3.5 and ESXi 3.5 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0031978
2012-04-12 IAVM : 2012-A-0056 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in VMWare ESX 4.0 and ESXi 4.0
Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0031979

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2016-03-03 Name : The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing a security-related patch.
File : vmware_VMSA-2012-0006_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-13 Name : The Windows kernel is affected by multiple elevation of privilege vulnerabili...
File : smb_nt_ms12-042.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-03-30 Name : The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing one or more security-related pat...
File : vmware_VMSA-2012-0006.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52820
CERT http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-164A.html
CONFIRM http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0006.html
MS https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12...
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
SECTRACK http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026875
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74480

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