THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2011-2217
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2011-2217

Get Extension Factory vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
42.0%
EPSS pct
99th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Tomsawyer
Affected product
Get Extension Factory
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2011-06-06

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 42.0% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it among the most exploited CVEs currently tracked.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2011-2217

  • Confirm whether Tomsawyer Get Extension Factory is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2011-2217.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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