9.0
CRITICAL
CVE-2012-2450
VMware SCSI Device Registration Endpoint Denial of Service
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.

INFO

Published Date :

May 4, 2012, 4:55 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 1:39 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2012-2450 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Vmware player
2 Vmware workstation
3 Vmware esxi
4 Vmware fusion
5 Vmware esx

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2012-2450 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2012-2450 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://osvdb.org/81695
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/49032
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53369
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027019
    Added Reference http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0009.html
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75377
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16852
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 14, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027019 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/49032 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 13, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75377 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53369 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 22, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://osvdb.org/81695 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 19, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16852 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16852 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 07, 2012

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2012-2450 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2012-2450 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.32 }} -0.06%

score

0.66321

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability