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VMware Product(s) Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The host is installed with VMWare product(s) that are vulnerable to local privilege escalation vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
Issue is due to local exploitation of an untrusted library path in vmware-authd. VMware VIX API (Application Program Interface) fails to adequately bounds check user supplied input before copying it to insufficient size buffer.
Affected Software
Affected Software
VMware Player 1.x - before 1.0.7 build 91707 on Linux VMware Player 2.x - before 2.0.4 build 93057 on Linux VMware Server 1.x - before 1.0.6 build 91891 on Linux VMware Workstation 5.x - before 5.5.7 build 91707 on Linux VMware Workstation 6.x - before 6.0.4 build 93057 on Linux
Solution
Solution
Upgrade VMware Product(s) to below version, VMware Player 1.0.7 build 91707 or 2.0.4 build 93057 or later VMware Server 1.0.6 build 91891 or later VMware Workstation 5.5.7 build 91707 or 6.0.4 build 93057 or later.