CVE-2007-5671: Input Validation
First published: Thu Jun 05 2008(Updated: )
HGFS.sys in the VMware Tools package in VMware Workstation 5.x before 5.5.6 build 80404, VMware Player before 1.0.6 build 80404, VMware ACE before 1.0.5 build 79846, VMware Server before 1.0.5 build 80187, and VMware ESX 2.5.4 through 3.0.2 does not properly validate arguments in user-mode METHOD_NEITHER IOCTLs to the \\.\hgfs device, which allows guest OS users to modify arbitrary memory locations in guest kernel memory and gain privileges.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Vmware Vmware Player | =1.0.3 | |
| VMware ACE | =1.0.1 | |
| Vmware Vmware Server | =1.0.1 | |
| Vmware Vmware Player | =1.0.2 | |
| Vmware Vmware Player | =1.0.5 | |
| VMware ACE | =1.0.2 | |
| Vmware Vmware Player | =1.0.0 | |
| VMware ACE | =1.0.0 | |
| VMware VMware Workstation | =5.5.5 | |
| VMware Workstation | =5.5.3 | |
| VMware VMware Workstation | =5.5.0 | |
| Vmware Vmware Server | =1.0.4 | |
| VMware Player | =1.0.4 | |
| VMware ESX Server | =2.5.5 | |
| Vmware Vmware Server | =1.0.0 | |
| VMware ACE | =1.0.4 | |
| VMware VMware Workstation | =5.5.2 | |
| Vmware Vmware Player | =1.0.1 | |
| VMware ACE | =1.0.3 | |
| VMware Workstation | =5.5.1 | |
| VMware Server | =1.0.3 | |
| Vmware Vmware Server | =1.0.2 | |
| VMware Workstation | =5.5.4 | |
| VMware ESX | =2.5.4 | |
| VMware ESX | =3.0.0 | |
| VMware ESX | =3.0.2 | |
| VMware ESX | =3.0.1 |
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Reference Links
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=712
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020197
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30556
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3922
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5688
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5358
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493172/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493148/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded
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