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    CVE-2012-2449

    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.

    Published:May 4, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:May 4, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.02408
    CVSS Score:9

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Esx
    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Esxi
    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Fusion
    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Player
    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Workstation

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High