Unspecified vulnerability in the virtual machine display function in VMware Workstation 6.5.1 and earlier; VMware Player 2.5.1 and earlier; VMware ACE 2.5.1 and earlier; VMware Server 1.x before 1.0.9 build 156507 and 2.x before 2.0.1 build 156745; VMware Fusion before 2.0.4 build 159196; VMware ESXi 3.5; and VMware ESX 3.0.2, 3.0.3, and 3.5 allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4916.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201209-25 (VMware Player, Server, Workstation: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in VMware Player, Server,       and Workstation. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for       details.
  Impact :

    Local users may be able to gain escalated privileges, cause a Denial of       Service, or gain sensitive information.
    A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file,       possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code, or a Denial       of Service. Remote attackers also may be able to spoof DNS traffic, read       arbitrary files, or inject arbitrary web script to the VMware Server       Console.
    Furthermore, guest OS users may be able to execute arbitrary code on the       host OS, gain escalated privileges on the guest OS, or cause a Denial of       Service (crash the host OS).
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

a. Host code execution vulnerability from a guest operating system

   A critical vulnerability in the virtual machine display function    might allow a guest operating system to run code on the host.

   This issue is different from the vulnerability in a guest virtual    device driver reported in VMware security advisory VMSA-2009-0005    on 2009-04-03. That vulnerability can cause a potential denial of    service and is identified by CVE-2008-4916.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the name CVE-2009-1244 to this issue.

VMware products installed on the remote host are reportedly affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

  - A vulnerability in the guest virtual device driver could     allow an attacker to use the guest operating system to     crash the host operating system. (CVE-2008-3761)

  - A denial of service vulnerability affects an unspecified     IOCTL contained in the 'hcmon.sys' driver. An attacker     can exploit this in order to deny service on a Windows-     based host. (CVE-2009-1146, CVE-2008-3761)

  - A privilege escalation vulnerability affects the     'vmci.sys' driver on Windows-based machines. An attacker     can exploit this in order to gain escalated privileges     on either the host or the guest. (CVE-2009-1147)

  - The 'VNnc' codec is affected by two heap-based buffer     overflow vulnerabilities. An attacker can exploit these     to execute arbitrary code on VMware hosted products by     tricking a user into opening a malicious file.
    (CVE-2009-0909, CVE-2009-0910)

  - A vulnerability in ACE shared folder may allow attackers     to enable previously disabled shared ACE folders. This     only affects VMware ACE. (CVE-2009-0908)

  - A remote denial of service vulnerability affects Windows     hosts. An attacker can exploit this to crash the     affected host. (CVE-2009-0177)

  - A vulnerability in the virtual machine display function     may allow a guest operating system to run code on the     host. (CVE-2009-1244)

  - A vulnerability in VMware Descheduled Time Accounting     Service could be exploited to trigger a denial of     service condition in Windows-based virtual machines. It     should be noted that, this feature is optional, and     the vulnerability can be exploited only if the feature     is installed, and the affected service is not running in     the virtual machine. (CVE-2009-1805)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
62383	GLSA-201209-25 : VMware Player, Server, Workstation: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	medium
40391	VMSA-2009-0006 : VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve a critical security vulnerability	Nessus	VMware ESX Local Security Checks	medium
36117	VMware Products Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2009-0005/VMSA-2009-0007)	Nessus	Windows	high

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2009-1244

critical

Tenable Plugins

medium

medium

high