VMware Tools up to 9.x/10.0.8 on OS X Graphic Acceleration null pointer dereference

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A vulnerability was found in VMware Tools up to 9.x/10.0.8 on OS X. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown functionality of the component Graphic Acceleration. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The graphic acceleration functions in VMware Tools 9.x and 10.x before 10.0.9 on OS X allow local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-7079.

The weakness was disclosed 09/13/2016 as VMSA-2016-0014 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at vmware.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-7080 since 08/23/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The successful exploitation needs a authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 93519 (VMware Fusion 8.x < 8.5.0 Multiple Privilege Escalations (VMSA-2016-0014) (Mac OS X)), 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.

Upgrading to version 10.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (93519). The entries 91611, 91612, 91613 and 91614 are pretty similar.

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Class: Null pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 93519
Nessus Name: VMware Fusion 8.x < 8.5.0 Multiple Privilege Escalations (VMSA-2016-0014) (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 103239
OpenVAS Name: VMSA-2016-0014: VMware ESXi updates address multiple security issues
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Upgrade: Tools 10.0.9

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Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: VMSA-2016-0014
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-7080 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1036804
SecurityFocus: 92938 - VMware Tools Multiple Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413
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Created: 09/14/2016 20:49
Updated: 04/17/2019 12:29
Changes: 09/14/2016 20:49 (72), 04/17/2019 12:29 (11)
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