01 Record
CVE-2012-3569
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 47.71% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-11-14 11:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:13Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-06-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-134Use of Externally-Controlled Format StringBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0d66458b9cd52225ef1d087c6978d1e3987a8fe086c7cadbdd694fd874857d9f
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comvmware-ovf-format-string(79922)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79922
- technet.microsoft.comhttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/msvr/msvr13-002
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120101/VMWare-OVF-Tools-Format-String.html
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0015.html
- osvdb.org87117http://osvdb.org/87117
- secunia.com51240http://secunia.com/advisories/51240