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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 2, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2012-1515

CVE-2012-1515

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.

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Affected products

8
  • VMware/Esx4 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 3.5, 4.0, 4.1
  • VMware/Esxi4 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 3.5, 4.0, 4.1

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