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VMware Products Trap Flag In-Guest Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (Linux)
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
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The host is installed with VMWare product(s) that are vulnerable to privilege escalation vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The issue is due to an error in the CPU hardware emulation while handling the trap flag.
Affected Software
Affected Software
VMware Server 1.x - 1.0.7 on Linux VMware Player 1.x - 1.0.8 and 2.x - 2.0.5 on Linux VMware Workstation 6.0.5 and earlier on all Linux
Solution
Solution
Upgrade VMware to the latest version.