CVE-2012-1515

HighCVSS 8.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 8.3/10AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Apr 2, 2012
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2012-1515: High severity, CVSS 8.3 | Vulnix