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CVE-2012-1515

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-04-02 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

• VMware ESX: 3.5, 4.0, 4.1 (and their updates)
• VMware ESXi: 3.5, 4.0, 4.1 (and their updates)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52820
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026875
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-164A.html
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0006.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-042
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74480
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15209
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17110
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52820
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026875
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-164A.html
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0006.html

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