CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-3569
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-11-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-134
Description
Format string vulnerability in VMware OVF Tool 2.1 on Windows, as used in VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.5, VMware Player 4.x before 4.0.5, and other products, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted OVF file.
Affected configurations
• vmware ovf tool 2.1
• vmware workstation 8.0
• vmware workstation 8.0.0.18997
• vmware workstation 8.0.1
• vmware workstation 8.0.1.27038
• vmware workstation 8.0.2
• vmware workstation 8.0.3
• vmware workstation 8.0.4
• vmware player 4.0
• vmware player 4.0.0.18997
• vmware player 4.0.1
• vmware player 4.0.2
• vmware player 4.0.3
• vmware player 4.0.4
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String weakness
References
- http://osvdb.org/87117 osvdb.org
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120101/VMWare-OVF-Tools-Format-String.html packetstormsecurity.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51240 secunia.com
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/msvr/msvr13-002 technet.microsoft.com
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0015.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79922 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://osvdb.org/87117 osvdb.org
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120101/VMWare-OVF-Tools-Format-String.html packetstormsecurity.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51240 secunia.com
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/msvr/msvr13-002 technet.microsoft.com
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0015.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79922 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com