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VMware Player Invalid DACL Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
General
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.2
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
7 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The host is installed with VMware Player and is prone to privilege escalation vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to error in 'vmware-vmx.exe' which does not provide a valid DACL pointer during the setup of the vprintproxy.exe process.
Affected Software
Affected Software
VMware Player 6.x before 6.0.7 and 7.x before 7.1.1 on Windows.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to VMware Player version 6.0.7 or 7.1.1 or later.