CVE-2012-1515

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

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.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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
2012-04-02 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS 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