The 2012 Pwnie Nominee For Best Privilege Escalation Bug

VMware High-Bandwidth Backdoor ROM Overwrite Privilege Elevation (CVE-2012-1515)

Credit: Derek Soeder

I’ll admit it. The unspecified Pwnie Award judge writing this description never understands any of Derek’s bugs and it’s getting late and he wants to go to sleep. But Derek’s bugs always look big pimpin’ and he wishes that he did understand them.

(CVE-2012-1515)