CVE-2012-1515

VMware High-Bandwidth Backdoor ROM Overwrite Privilege Elevation

Severity Score

8.3

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

VMware ESXi v3.5, v4.0, y v4.1 y ESX v3.5, v4.0, y v4.1 no implementan de forma adecuada las operaciones I/O basadas en el puerto, lo que permite a usuarios del sistema obtener acceso al sistema operativo huésped sobre-escribiendo posiciones de memoria en bloques de memoria de solo lectura asociadas con la máquina virtual DOS.

VMware suffers from a backdoor ROM overwrite privilege escalation vulnerability.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 8.3

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2012-03-08 CVE Reserved
2012-03-30 CVE Published
2023-03-07 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52820	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026875	Vdb Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-164A.html	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74480	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15209	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17110	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0006.html	2018-10-12
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-042	2018-10-12

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Esxi Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Esxi"				3.5 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Esxi" and version "3.5"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Esxi Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Esxi"				4.0 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Esxi" and version "4.0"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Esxi Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Esxi"				4.1 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Esxi" and version "4.1"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Esx Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Esx"				3.5 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Esx" and version "3.5"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Esx Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Esx"				4.0 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Esx" and version "4.0"		-		Affected
Vmware Search vendor "Vmware"		Esx Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Esx"				4.1 Search vendor "Vmware" for product "Esx" and version "4.1"		-		Affected