Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | CVE-2012-1516 | First vendor Publication | 2012-05-04 |
| Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2024-11-21 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | |||
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| Overall CVSS Score | 9.9 | ||
| Base Score | 9.9 | Environmental Score | 9.9 |
| impact SubScore | 6 | Temporal Score | 9.9 |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | 3.1 | ||
| Attack Vector | Network | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low | User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Changed | Confidentiality Impact | High |
| Integrity Impact | High | Availability Impact | High |
| Calculate full CVSS 3.0 Vectors scores | |||
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 9 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 8 | Authentication | Requires single instance |
| Calculate full CVSS 2.0 Vectors scores | |||
Detail
| 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. |
Original Source
| Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1516 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-119 | Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16810 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16810 | ||
| Title: | VMware host memory overwrite vulnerability (data pointers) | ||
| 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. | ||
| Family: | windows | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2012-1516 | 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: | |||
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20601 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20601 | ||
| Title: | VMware Workstation, Player, ESXi and ESX patches address critical security issues | ||
| 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. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2012-1516 | Version: | 4 |
| Platform(s): | VMWare ESX Server 4.1 VMWare ESX Server 4.0 VMWare ESX Server 3.5 | Product(s): | |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2012-05-03 | Name : VMSA-2012-0009 VMware Workstation, Player, ESXi and ESX patches address criti... File : nvt/gb_VMSA-2012-0009.nasl |
Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2012-05-03 | IAVM : 2012-A-0071 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi 3.5 and ESX 3.5 Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0032165 |
| 2012-05-03 | IAVM : 2012-A-0072 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi 4.0 and ESX 4.0 Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0032167 |
| 2012-05-03 | IAVM : 2012-A-0073 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi 4.1 and ESX 4.1 Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0032171 |
| 2012-05-03 | IAVM : 2012-A-0075 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in VMware Fusion Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0032174 |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2016-02-29 | Name : The remote VMware ESX / ESXi host is missing a security-related patch. File : vmware_VMSA-2012-0009_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2013-11-13 | Name : The remote VMware ESXi 5.0 host is affected by multiple security vulnerabilit... File : vmware_esxi_5_0_build_702118_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2012-07-02 | Name : The remote host has a virtualization application that is affected by multiple... File : macosx_fusion_4_1_3.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2012-06-11 | Name : The remote VMware ESX/ESXi host is affected by multiple security vulnerabilit... File : vmware_esx_nfs_rce.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2012-05-15 | Name : The remote host has a virtualization application affected by multiple vulnera... File : vmware_player_multiple_vmsa_2012_0009.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2012-05-15 | Name : The remote host has a virtualization application that is affected by multiple... File : vmware_workstation_multiple_vmsa_2012_0009.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2012-05-04 | Name : The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing one or more security-related pat... File : vmware_VMSA-2012-0009.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Sources (Detail)
Alert History
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| 2024-11-28 23:02:04 |
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| 2019-09-30 21:20:02 |
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| 2017-12-13 09:22:30 |
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| 2017-12-07 09:21:25 |
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| 2017-09-19 09:25:12 |
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| 2016-06-24 21:25:59 |
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| 2016-04-26 21:39:38 |
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| 2016-03-01 13:26:32 |
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| 2014-02-17 11:08:58 |
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| 2013-11-11 12:39:49 |
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