CVE ID:	CVE-2012-1515
Description:	VMware ESXi 3.5, 4.0, and 4.1 and ESX 3.5, 4.0, and 4.1 do not properly implement port-based I/O operations, which allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges by overwriting memory locations in a read-only memory block associated with the Virtual DOS Machine.
Test IDs:	None available
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-1515 BugTraq ID: 52820 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52820 Cert/CC Advisory: TA12-164A http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-164A.html Microsoft Security Bulletin: MS12-042 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-042 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15209 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17110 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026875 XForce ISS Database: vmware-esxserver-io-privilege-escalation(74480) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74480