VMware Player/Workstation prior 1.0.7 ActiveX Control memory corruption
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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in VMware Player and Workstation (Virtualization Software). This affects some unknown processing of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Unspecified vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in VMware Workstation 5.5.x before 5.5.8 build 108000, VMware Workstation 6.0.x before 6.0.5 build 109488, VMware Player 1.x before 1.0.8 build 108000, VMware Player 2.x before 2.0.5 build 109488, VMware ACE 1.x before 1.0.7 build 108880, VMware ACE 2.x before 2.0.5 build 109488, and VMware Server before 1.0.7 build 108231 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-3691, CVE-2008-3692, CVE-2008-3693, CVE-2008-3695, and CVE-2008-3696.
The bug was discovered 08/29/2008. The weakness was published 09/03/2008 by Michal Bucko (shinnai) (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at secunia.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-3694 since 08/14/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34156 (VMware Products Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2008-0014)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115928 (VMware Security Update (VMSA-2008-0014)).
Upgrading to version 1.0.7 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 8819.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44912) and Tenable (34156).
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 34156
Nessus Name: VMware Products Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2008-0014)
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Upgrade: Player/Workstation 1.0.7
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Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: vmware.comAdvisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: Michal Bucko (shinnai)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-3694 (🔍)
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X-Force: 44912
SecurityTracker: 1020791
Vulnerability Center: 19428 - VMware Multiple Products ActiveX control Unspecified Vulnerability, Critical
SecurityFocus: 30934 - VMware Multiple ActiveX Controls Multiple Unspecified Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 31707 - VMware Workstation Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 48250 - CVE-2008-3694 - VMware - Multiple Products - Unspecified Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-2466
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413
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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11Updated: 08/16/2019 17:19
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (83), 08/16/2019 17:19 (6)
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