CVE-2012-1510 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the WDDM display driver affecting VMware ESXi 4.0, 4.1, and 5.0, VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1, and VMware View before 4.6.1. This flaw allows a guest OS user to escalate privileges within the guest operating system. With a CVSS score of 7.2, it is considered high severity due to its local attack vector and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 4.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:view:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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