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A vulnerability has been found in VMware Fusion up to 10.1.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Signature Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

VMware Fusion (10.x before 10.1.2) contains a signature bypass vulnerability which may lead to a local privilege escalation.

The bug was discovered 05/21/2018. The weakness was released 05/22/2018 by CodeColorist (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vmware.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-6962 since 02/14/2018. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 110097 (VMware Fusion 10.x < 10.1.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2018-0013) (macOS)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370967 (VMware Workstation 14.x, Fusion 10.x Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2018-0013,VMSA-2018-0016)).

Upgrading to version 10.1.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (110097). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 118112, 122169 and 122172.

Productinfo

Vendor

• VMware

Name

• Fusion

Version

• 10.1.0
• 10.1.1

License

• commercial

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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NVD Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068

Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 110097
Nessus Name: VMware Fusion 10.x < 10.1.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2018-0013) (macOS)
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: Fusion 10.1.2

Timelineinfo

02/14/2018 🔍
05/21/2018 +96 days 🔍
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05/22/2018 +0 days 🔍
05/22/2018 +0 days 🔍
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05/24/2018 +1 days 🔍
03/14/2023 +1755 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: vmware.com
Researcher: CodeColorist
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2018-6962 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1040957
SecurityFocus: 104235 - VMware Fusion CVE-2018-6962 Local Security Bypass Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/23/2018 08:42
Updated: 03/14/2023 19:52
Changes: 05/23/2018 08:42 (69), 02/08/2020 08:56 (6), 03/14/2023 19:52 (4)
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