PT-2012-4624 · Vmware · Vmware Player+3

Published 2012-06-14 · Updated 2017-09-19 · CVE-2012-3288

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware Workstation versions 7.0 through 7.1.6 VMware Workstation versions 8.0 through 8.0.4 VMware Player versions 3.0 through 3.1.6 VMware Player versions 4.0 through 4.0.4 VMware Fusion versions 4.0 through 4.1.3 VMware ESXi versions 3.5 through 5.0 VMware ESX versions 3.5 through 4.1

Description The issue allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on the host OS or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) on the host OS via a crafted Checkpoint file.

Recommendations For VMware Workstation versions 7.0 through 7.1.6, update to version 7.1.6 or later. For VMware Workstation versions 8.0 through 8.0.4, update to version 8.0.4 or later. For VMware Player versions 3.0 through 3.1.6, update to version 3.1.6 or later. For VMware Player versions 4.0 through 4.0.4, update to version 4.0.4 or later. For VMware Fusion versions 4.0 through 4.1.3, update to version 4.1.3 or later. For VMware ESXi versions 3.5 through 5.0, update to version 5.0 or later. For VMware ESX versions 3.5 through 4.1, update to version 4.1 or later.

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-3288

Affected Products

Vmware Esxi

Vmware Fusion

Vmware Player

Vmware Workstation

References · 4

• http://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0011.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3288 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3288 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17178 · Note