VMware Workstation 8.x < 8.0.5 / 9.x < 9.0.1 VMCI Privilege Escalation (VMSA-2013-0002)

high Nessus Plugin ID 64921

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Synopsis

The remote host has a virtualization application that is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The version of VMware Workstation installed on the remote host is a version prior to 8.0.5 / 9.0.1. It is, therefore, reportedly affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI) in the 'VMCI.sys' driver.

By exploiting this issue, a local attacker could elevate their privileges on Windows-based hosts or Windows-based Guest Operating Systems.

Note that systems that have VMCI disabled are also affected by this issue.

Solution

Upgrade to VMware Workstation 8.0.5 / 9.0.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 64921

File Name: vmware_workstation_priv_esc_vmsa_2013_0002.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 2/27/2013

Updated: 3/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-1406

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vmware:workstation

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, Host/VMware Workstation/Version, VMware/Workstation/Path

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/7/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/7/2013

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1406

BID: 57867

VMSA: 2013-0002

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