CVE - CVE-2012-2449

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-2449	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
BID:53369 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53369 CONFIRM:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0009.html OSVDB:81694 URL:http://osvdb.org/81694 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16863 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16863 SECTRACK:1027019 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027019 SECUNIA:49032 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/49032 XF:vmware-esxserver-floppy-priv-esc(75376) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75376
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20120501	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20120501)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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