VMware Player/Workstation prior 1.0.7 ActiveX Control memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in VMware Player and Workstation (Virtualization Software). This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is 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-2008-3694, and CVE-2008-3695.

The bug was discovered 08/29/2008. The weakness was disclosed 09/03/2008 by Michal Bucko (shinnai) (Website). The advisory is shared at secunia.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-3696 since 08/14/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are 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 (44914) and Tenable (34156). The entries 3813, 39245, 39887 and 42782 are pretty similar.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 34156
Nessus Name: VMware Products Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2008-0014)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Player/Workstation 1.0.7
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: Michal Bucko (shinnai)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-3696 (🔍)
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X-Force: 44914
SecurityTracker: 1020791
Vulnerability Center: 19429 - VMware Multiple Products ActiveX control Unspecified Vulnerability, Critical
SecurityFocus: 30934 - VMware Multiple ActiveX Controls Multiple Unspecified Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 31707
OSVDB: 48246 - CVE-2008-3696 - 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 16:11
Updated: 08/16/2019 17:34
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (75), 08/16/2019 17:34 (11)
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