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6.7 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in VMware Player up to 2.0.2 (Virtualization Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:
Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI) in VMware Workstation 6.0.x before 6.0.3, VMware Player 2.0.x before 2.0.3, and VMware ACE 2.0.x before 2.0.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via crafted VMCI calls that trigger "memory exhaustion and memory corruption."
The bug was discovered 03/17/2008. The weakness was released 03/19/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vmware.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-1340 since 03/14/2008. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 62383 (GLSA-201209-25 : VMware Player, Server, Workstation: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading to version 2.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 5 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41250) and Tenable (62383). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 2574, 3813, 39387 and 39386.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 62383
Nessus Name: GLSA-201209-25 : VMware Player, Server, Workstation: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 72459
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201209-25 (vmware-server vmware-player vmware-workstation)
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Upgrade: Player 2.0
Timeline
03/14/2008 🔍03/17/2008 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: vmware.comAdvisory: vmware.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-1340 (🔍)
X-Force: 41250
SecurityTracker: 1019624
Vulnerability Center: 18105 - Multiple VMware Products Prone to Denial of Service via Virtual Machine Communication Interface, Low
SecurityFocus: 28276 - VMware Server 1.0.5 and Workstation 6.0.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 43899 - VMware multiple products Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI) denial of service
Vupen: ADV-2008-0905
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413
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Created: 03/16/2015 17:00Updated: 08/08/2019 09:10
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (73), 08/08/2019 09:10 (11)
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