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Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800003 |
Category: | Buffer overflow |
Title: | VMCI/HGFS VmWare Code Execution Vulnerability (Linux) |
Summary: | The host is installed with VMWare product(s) that are vulnerable to; arbitrary code execution vulnerability. |
Description: | Summary: The host is installed with VMWare product(s) that are vulnerable to arbitrary code execution vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: VMware Host Guest File System (HGFS) shared folders feature allows users to transfer data between a guest operating system and the host operating system. A heap buffer overflow exists in VMware HGFS which allows guest system to execute code in the context of vmx process on the host. The issue exists only when VMWare system has shared folder enabled. Successful exploitation requires that the vix.inGuest.enable configuration value is enabled Vulnerability Impact: Successful exploitation allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on the affected system and local users could bypass certain security restrictions or can gain escalated privileges. Affected Software/OS: VMware Player 2.0.x - 2.0.3 on Linux VMware Workstation 6.0.x - 6.0.3 on Linux Solution: Upgrade VMware to: VMware Workstation 6.0.4 or later VMware Player 2.0.4 or later. CVSS Score: 6.9 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Cross-Ref: |
BugTraq ID: 29443 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-2098 Bugtraq: 20080530 VMSA-2008-0008 Updates to VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Fusion resolve critical security issues (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492831/100/0/threaded http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020148 http://secunia.com/advisories/30476 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1707/references XForce ISS Database: vmware-hgfs-bo(42753) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42753 |
Copyright | Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone Networks GmbH |
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