Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800002
Category:	Buffer overflow
Title:	VMCI/HGFS VmWare Code Execution Vulnerability (VMSA-2008-0008) - Windows
Summary:	VMWare product(s) are prone to an arbitrary code execution vulnerability.
Description:	Summary: VMWare product(s) are prone to an arbitrary code execution vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: VMCI is an optional feature that allows communication with one another. This vulnerability allows the guest systems to execute arbitrary code on the host in the context of vmx process. The issue affects Windows based VMWare hosts only. 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 users could bypass certain security restrictions or can gain escalated privileges. Affected Software/OS: VMware ACE/Player 2.0.x - 2.0.3 on all Windows VMware Workstation 6.0.x - 6.0.3 on all Windows Solution: Upgrade VMware to below versions, VMware Workstation 6.0.4 or later. VMware Player/ACE 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:	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 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-2099 BugTraq ID: 29443 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29443 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020149 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1707 XForce ISS Database: vmware-vmci-code-execution(42757) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42757
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG

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