CVE-2012-2450
VMware Workstation/Player/Fusion/ESXi/ESX SCSI Handling DoS/Code Execution
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75377
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16852
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0009.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/49032
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53369
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/81695
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027019
Scores
EPSS
0.0125
EPSS Percentile
79.6%
Details
Status
published
Products (18)
vmware/esx
3.5 (4 CPE variants)
vmware/esx
4.0
vmware/esx
4.1
vmware/esxi
3.5 (2 CPE variants)
vmware/esxi
4.0 (5 CPE variants)
vmware/esxi
4.1 (3 CPE variants)
vmware/esxi
5.0
vmware/fusion
4.0
vmware/fusion
4.0.1
vmware/fusion
4.0.2
... and 8 more
Published
May 04, 2012
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026