CVE-2012-2450
Critical
Description
VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.3, VMware Player 4.x before 4.0.3, VMware Fusion 4.x before 4.1.2, VMware ESXi 3.5 through 5.0, and VMware ESX 3.5 through 4.1 do not properly register SCSI devices, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (invalid write operation and VMX process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host OS by leveraging administrative privileges on the guest OS.
SeverityCritical
CVSS9.0
Exploit probability—
Product
Vmware Workstation
PublishedMay 4, 2012
First seenMay 4, 2012
How to fix
Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| vmware workstation | 8.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2 | — |
| vmware player | 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2 | — |
| vmware fusion | 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.1, 4.1.1 | — |
| vmware esxi | 3.5, 4.0, 4.1, 5.0 | — |
| vmware esx | 3.5, 4.0, 4.1 | — |
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