CVE-2011-2217
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 42.0% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-2206)
- Published
- June 6, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-2206 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- tomsawyer / get extension factory
- vmware / infrastructure
- vmware / virtual infrastructure client
- vmware / virtual infrastructure client
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=911
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44826(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44844
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025602
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48099
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0009.html(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67816
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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