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.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53369 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027018 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0009.html | Vendor Advisory |
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75373 | VDB Entry |
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16810 | Tool Signature |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2012-05-04T16:00:00
Updated: 2017-12-12T18:57:01
Reserved: 2012-03-08T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2012-1516
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2012-05-04T16:55:01.420
Modified: 2019-09-27T18:13:22.970
Link: CVE-2012-1516
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE