CVE-2012-2449 VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.3, VMware Player 4.x before 4.0.3, VMware Fusion 4.x through 4.1.2, VMware ESXi 3.5 through 5.0, and VMware ESX 3.5 through 4.1 do not properly configure the virtual....
HighCVSS 9.0
EPSS 2.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.3, VMware Player 4.x before 4.0.3, VMware Fusion 4.x through 4.1.2, VMware ESXi 3.5 through 5.0, and VMware ESX 3.5 through 4.1 do not properly configure the virtual floppy device, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write operation and VMX process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host OS by leveraging administrative privileges on the guest OS.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| VMware Workstation | = 8.0 | No fix listed |
| VMware Workstation | = 8.0.1 | No fix listed |
| VMware Workstation | = 8.0.2 | No fix listed |
| VMware player | = 4.0 | No fix listed |
| VMware player | = 4.0.1 | No fix listed |
| VMware player | = 4.0.2 | No fix listed |
| VMware Fusion | = 4.0 | No fix listed |
| VMware Fusion | = 4.0.1 | No fix listed |
| VMware Fusion | = 4.0.2 | No fix listed |
| VMware Fusion | = 4.1 | No fix listed |
| VMware Fusion | = 4.1.1 | No fix listed |
| VMware Fusion | = 4.1.2 | No fix listed |
| VMware esxi | = 3.5 | No fix listed |
| VMware esxi | = 3.5-1 | No fix listed |
| VMware esxi | = 4.0 | No fix listed |
| VMware esxi | = 4.0-1 | No fix listed |
| VMware esxi | = 4.0-2 | No fix listed |
| VMware esxi | = 4.0-3 | No fix listed |
| VMware esxi | = 4.0-4 | No fix listed |
| VMware esxi | = 4.1 | No fix listed |
| VMware esxi | = 4.1-1 | No fix listed |
| VMware esxi | = 4.1-2 | No fix listed |
| VMware esxi | = 5.0 | No fix listed |
| VMware ESX | = 3.5 | No fix listed |
| VMware ESX | = 3.5-update1 | No fix listed |
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| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| VMware ESX | = 3.5-update2 | No fix listed |
| VMware ESX | = 3.5-update3 | No fix listed |
| VMware ESX | = 4.0 | No fix listed |
| VMware ESX | = 4.1 | No fix listed |
References
- 81694 vdb-entry
- 49032 third-party-advisory
- 53369 vdb-entry
- 1027019 vdb-entry
- www.vmware.com
- vmware-esxserver-floppy-priv-esc(75376) vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16863 signature vdb-entry