VMware Player 6.x < 6.0.7 / 7.x < 7.1.1 DACL Privilege Escalation (VMSA-2015-0005)

high Nessus Plugin ID 84805

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Synopsis

The virtualization application installed on the remote host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The version of VMware Player installed on the remote host is 6.x prior to 6.0.7 or 7.x prior to 7.1.1. It is, therefore, affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability due to a failure to provide a valid discretionary access control list (DACL) pointer for the printproxy.exe process. A local attacker, using thread injection, can exploit this to gain elevated privileges or execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade to VMware Player 6.0.7 / 7.1.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 84805

File Name: vmware_player_priv_esc_vmsa_2015_0005.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 7/16/2015

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vmware:player

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/9/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/9/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3650

BID: 75686

VMSA: 2015-0005

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