---------------------------------------------------------------------- The final version of the CSI 6.0 has been released. Find out why this is not just another Patch Management solution: http://secunia.com/blog/325/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: VMware Workstation / Player Multiple Vulnerabilities SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA51237 VERIFY ADVISORY: Secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/51237/ Customer Area (Credentials Required) https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=51237 RELEASE DATE: 2012-11-09 DISCUSS ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/51237/#comments AVAILABLE ON SITE AND IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Last Update * Popularity * Comments * Criticality Level * Impact * Where * Solution Status * Operating System / Software * CVE Reference(s) http://secunia.com/advisories/51237/ ONLY AVAILABLE IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Authentication Level * Report Reliability * Secunia PoC * Secunia Analysis * Systems Affected * Approve Distribution * Remediation Status * Secunia CVSS Score * CVSS https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=51237 ONLY AVAILABLE WITH SECUNIA CSI AND SECUNIA PSI: * AUTOMATED SCANNING http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/ http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_sccm_3rd_third_party_patching/ DESCRIPTION: Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in VMware Workstation and VMware Player, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges and by malicious people to compromise a user's system. 1) An error due to insecure permissions being assigned to process threads when creating certain processes can be exploited to hijack the threads. 2) The application loads certain libraries in an insecure manner, which can be exploited to load arbitrary libraries by tricking a user into e.g. opening a file located on a remote WebDAV or SMB share. 3) The application bundles a vulnerable version of OVF Tool. For more information: SA51240 The vulnerabilities are reported in VMware Workstation versions prior to 8.0.5 and VMware Player versions prior to 4.0.5. SOLUTION: Update to a fixed version. Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: 1, 2) The vendor credits Derek Soeder, Cylance. ORIGINAL ADVISORY: VMware (VMSA-2012-0015): http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0015.html OTHER REFERENCES: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ DEEP LINKS: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ EXTENDED DESCRIPTION: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ EXTENDED SOLUTION: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ EXPLOIT: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help private users keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/advisories/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/advisories/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------