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VMSA-2012-0007 VMware hosted products and ESX patches address privilege escalation
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote ESXi is missing one or more security related Updates from VMSA-2012-0007.
Insight
Insight
VMware hosted products and ESXi/ESX patches address privilege escalation. a. VMware Tools Incorrect Folder Permissions Privilege Escalation The access control list of the VMware Tools folder is incorrectly set. Exploitation of this issue may lead to local privilege escalation on Windows-based Guest Operating Systems.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Workstation 8.0.1 and earlier Player 4.0.1 and earlier Fusion 4.1.1 and earlier ESXi 5.0 without patch ESXi500-201203102-SG ESXi 4.1 without patch ESXi410-201201402-BG ESXi 4.0 without patch ESXi400-201203402-BG ESXi 3.5 without patch ESXe350-201203402-T-BG ESX 4.1 without patch ESX410-201201401-SG ESX 4.0 without patch ESX400-201203401-SG ESX 3.5 without patch ESX350-201203402-BG
Solution
Solution
Apply the missing patch(es).