CVE-2011-2217

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-2217
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-06-06 19:55:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionCertain ActiveX controls in (1) tsgetxu71ex552.dll and (2) tsgetx71ex552.dll in Tom Sawyer GET Extension Factory 5.5.2.237, as used in VI Client (aka VMware Infrastructure Client) 2.0.2 before Build 230598 and 2.5 before Build 204931 in VMware Infrastructure 3, do not properly handle attempted initialization within Internet Explorer, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted HTML document.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Tomsawyer Get Extension Factory 5.5.2.237 All All All
Application Vmware Infrastructure 3 All All All
Application Vmware Virtual Infrastructure Client 2.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Virtual Infrastructure Client 2.5 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Tom Sawyer Software GET Extension Factory Object Initialization Memory Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
iDefense Security Intelligence Services - Information Security Services - Verisign af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 labs.idefense.com
Tom Sawyer GET Extension Factory Object Instantiation Memory Corruption Vulnerability - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
VMware Products VI Client ActiveX Control Memory Corruption Vulnerability - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
VMSA-2011-0009.3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Vendor Advisory
VMware VI Client ActiveX Control Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
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