VMware Tools 10.2.x / 10.3.x < 10.3.10 Information Disclosure / Denial of Service Vulnerability (VMSA-2019-0009)

high Nessus Plugin ID 125884

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Synopsis

A virtualization tool suite is installed on the remote Windows host is affected by an information disclosure / denial of service vulnerability

Description

The version of VMware Tools installed on the remote Windows host is 10.2.x / 10.3.s prior to 10.3.10. It is, therefore, affected by an information disclosure / denial of service vulnerability due to an out of bounds read vulnerability in the vm3dmp driver which is installed with vmtools. An authenticated, local attacker could exploit this to leak kernel information or create a denial of service attack against the guest Windows machine vmtools is installed on.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to VMware Tools version 10.3.10 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 125884

File Name: vmware_tools_win_vmsa_2019_0009.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 6/14/2019

Updated: 7/1/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-5522

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vmware:tools

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/VMware Tools, Host/ESXi/checked

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/6/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/6/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-5522

BID: 108673

VMSA: 2019-0009

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