Vulnerability CVE-2011-2217
Published: 2011-06-06   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
Certain 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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
Tom Sawyer Software GET Extension Factory Remote Code Execution
Juan Vazquez
11.06.2012

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
9.3/10
10/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Vmware -> Infrastructure 
Vmware -> Virtual infrastructure client 
Tomsawyer -> Get extension factory 

 References:
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=911
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025602
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48099
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0009.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67816
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