VMware Workstation 10.x < 10.0.7 / 11.x < 11.1.1 DACL Privilege Escalation (VMSA-2015-0005)

high Nessus Plugin ID 84806

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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 Workstation installed on the remote host is 10.x prior to 10.0.7 or 11.x prior to 11.1.1. 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 Workstation version 10.0.7 / 11.1.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 84806

File Name: vmware_workstation_priv_esc_vmsa_2015_0005.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 7/16/2015

Updated: 3/27/2024

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-3650

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vmware:workstation

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

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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