$ cve CVE-2011-2217 JSON

CVE-2011-2217 EXPLOIT

9.3

HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 42% (pctl 99)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

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.

Scoring

CVSS	9.3 (HIGH, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS	41.96% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-119
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2011-06-06
Last modified	2026-06-16

Affected (3)

Vendor	Product
tomsawyer	get extension factory
vmware	infrastructure
vmware	virtual infrastructure client

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	Tom Sawyer Software GET Extension Factory - Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)	2012-06-10

References

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