| CVE-2012-1517 | Date: (C)2012-05-04 (M)2023-12-22 |
The VMX process in VMware ESXi 4.1 and ESX 4.1 does not properly handle RPC commands, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory overwrite and process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host OS via vectors involving function pointers.
CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -| CVSS V2 Severity: |
| CVSS Score : 9.0 |
| Exploit Score: 8.0 |
| Impact Score: 10.0 |
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| CVSS V2 Metrics: |
| Access Vector: NETWORK |
| Access Complexity: LOW |
| Authentication: SINGLE |
| Confidentiality: COMPLETE |
| Integrity: COMPLETE |
| Availability: COMPLETE |
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