PT-2012-4818

CVE-2012-3569

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Published

2012-11-14

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Updated

2017-08-29

Description by

CVSS 2.0
9.3
High
MetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware OVF Tool version 2.1 VMware Workstation versions 8.0 through 8.0.4 VMware Player versions 4.0 through 4.0.4
Description A format string issue allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted OVF file.
Recommendations For VMware OVF Tool version 2.1, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For VMware Workstation versions 8.0 through 8.0.4, update to version 8.0.5 or later. For VMware Player versions 4.0 through 4.0.4, update to version 4.0.5 or later.
Exploitability
Exploit
Fix
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-134: Use of Externally-Controlled Format String
Related identifiers
CVE-2012-3569
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