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CVE-2012-1515

HIGH · CVSS 8.3 EPSS 0.82%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2012-04-02 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.3. It affects VMware, VMWare, ESXi.

CVE
CVE-2012-1515
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.3
EPSS
0.82%
VMware VMWare ESXi

Original NVD Description

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.