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CVE-2012-1515

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Published: Apr 2, 2012Modified: Apr 29, 2026

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8.3
Vector
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Exploitability: 6.5 / Impact: 10.0
Source: NVD

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.

Affected (6)

Products: Vmware: Esxi, Esx
Vmware
2 products
Esxi
Esx
Configuration A
3 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Vmware
Esxi
Version 3.5
Esxi
Version 4.0
Esxi
Version 4.1
Configuration B
3 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Vmware
Esx
Version 3.5
Esx
Version 4.0
Esx
Version 4.1

Related CWEs

CWE-264
CWE-264

References (16)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
US Government Resource
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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