Vulnerability in VMware Esx
CVE-2012-1508
The XPDM display driver in VMware ESXi 4.0, 4.1, and 5.0; VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1; and VMware View before 4.6.1 allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (33.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 33rd percentile — 33.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- VMware Esx — versions 4.0, 4.1
- VMware Esxi — versions 4.0, 4.1, 5.0
- VMware View
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- osvdb.org/80115 (vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0004.html (Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/48378 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/48379 (third-party-advisory)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0071.html (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/52524 (vdb-entry)
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0005.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17183 (signature, vdb-entry)