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VMSA-2008-0018 : VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve two security issues
high Nessus Plugin ID 40385
Synopsis
The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing a security-related patch.Description
a. A privilege escalation on 32-bit and 64-bit guest operating systemsVMware products emulate hardware functions and create the possibility to run guest operating systems.
A flaw in the CPU hardware emulation might allow the virtual CPU to incorrectly handle the Trap flag. Exploitation of this flaw might lead to a privilege escalation on guest operating systems. An attacker needs a user account on the guest operating system and have the ability to run applications.
VMware would like to thank Derek Soeder for discovering this issue and working with us on its remediation.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2008-4915 to this issue.
b. Directory traversal vulnerability
VirtualCenter allows administrators to have fine-grained privileges.
A directory traversal vulnerability might allow administrators to increase these privileges. In order to leverage this flaw, the administrator would need to have the Datastore.FileManagement privilege.
VMware would like to thank Michel Toussaint for reporting this issue to us.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2008-4281 to this issue.
Solution
Apply the missing patch.See Also
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000042.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 40385
File Name: vmware_VMSA-2008-0018.nasl
Version: 1.21
Type: local
Family: VMware ESX Local Security Checks
Published: 7/27/2009
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 6.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:vmware:esx:2.5.4, cpe:/o:vmware:esx:2.5.5, cpe:/o:vmware:esx:3.0.2, cpe:/o:vmware:esx:3.5, cpe:/o:vmware:esxi:3.5
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/VMware/release, Host/VMware/version
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/6/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-4281, CVE-2008-4915