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CVE-2012-1515

CVE-2012-1515

EPSS 0.8%
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
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References
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-042https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74480https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15209https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17110http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52820http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026875http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-164A.htmlhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0006.html