gsd-2012-2449
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:20
Details
VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.3, VMware Player 4.x before 4.0.3, VMware Fusion 4.x through 4.1.2, VMware ESXi 3.5 through 5.0, and VMware ESX 3.5 through 4.1 do not properly configure the virtual floppy device, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write operation and VMX process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host OS by leveraging administrative privileges on the guest OS.
Aliases
Aliases
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"lastModifiedDate": "2017-12-14T02:29Z",
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}
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