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CVE-2011-1785

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2011-05-03 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-399

Description

VMware ESXi 4.0 and 4.1 and ESX 4.0 and 4.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (socket exhaustion) via unspecified network traffic.

Affected products

• VMware ESX: 4.0, 4.1
• VMware ESXi: 4.0, 4.1

References

• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1035108
• http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000133.html
• http://osvdb.org/72118
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8240
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1025452
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517739/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47627
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0007.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67195
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13242
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1035108
• http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000133.html

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