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VMware Products Multiple Vulnerabilities (Windows) - jun 11

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

General

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

6.9

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

12 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

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Summary

The host is installed with VMWare product(s) which are vulnerable to multiple vulnerabilities.

Insight

Insight

Multiple flaws are due to, - An information disclosure vulnerability in 'Mount.vmhgfs', allows guest OS users to determine the existence of host OS files and directories via unspecified vectors. - A race condition privilege escalation in 'Mount.vmhgfs' via a race condition, that allows guest OS users to gain privileges on the guest OS by mounting a file system on top of an arbitrary directory.

Affected Software

Affected Software

VMware Player 3.1.x before 3.1.4 VMware Workstation 7.1.x before 7.1.4 on Windows.

Solution

Solution

Apply the patch or upgrade to player 3.1.4 or later, Apply the patch or upgrade to VMware Workstation 7.1.4 or later, ***** NOTE: Ignore this warning if above mentioned patch is already applied. *****

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)

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