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 to execute arbitrary code via a crafted OVF file.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 47.7%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 47.72% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 6 February 2013
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-134
- Affected
- vmware/ovf tool · vmware/workstation · vmware/player
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 47.7% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://osvdb.org/87117
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120101/VMWare-OVF-Tools-Format-String.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51240
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/msvr/msvr13-002
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0015.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79922
- http://osvdb.org/87117
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120101/VMWare-OVF-Tools-Format-String.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51240
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/msvr/msvr13-002
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0015.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79922
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.