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CVE-2012-1517
Published: May 4, 2012
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The VMX process in VMware ESXi 4.1 and ESX 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 function pointers.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
81692
vdb-entry
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http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0009.html
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1027018
vdb-entry
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oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17231
vdb-entry
signature
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53369
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
vmware-rpc-commands-priv-esc(75374)
vdb-entry
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