VMware Fusion up to 8.4 on Mac OS X Kernel information disclosure

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in VMware Fusion up to 8.4 on Mac OS X. Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Kernel). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

VMware Fusion 8.x before 8.5 on OS X, when System Integrity Protection (SIP) is enabled, allows local users to determine kernel memory addresses and bypass the kASLR protection mechanism via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was presented 10/25/2016 by Marco Grassi with Tencent as VMSA-2016-0017 as confirmed mailinglist post (Full-Disclosure). The advisory is shared for download at seclists.org. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-5329 since 06/07/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The successful exploitation needs a authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 94338 (VMware Fusion 8.x < 8.5.0 Kernel Memory Address Disclosure (VMSA-2016-0017) (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 8.5 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 (94338). See 93107 for similar entry.

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Name: Kernel
Class: Information disclosure / Kernel
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 94338
Nessus Name: VMware Fusion 8.x < 8.5.0 Kernel Memory Address Disclosure (VMSA-2016-0017) (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 801027
OpenVAS Name: VMware Fusion kASLR Information Disclosure Vulnerability (Mac OS X)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Fusion 8.5

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: VMSA-2016-0017
Researcher: Marco Grassi
Organization: Tencent
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-5329 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1037103
SecurityFocus: 93888 - VMware Fusion CVE-2016-5329 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413
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Created: 10/26/2016 10:24
Updated: 09/28/2022 14:32
Changes: 10/26/2016 10:24 (71), 05/19/2019 09:58 (12), 09/28/2022 14:32 (3)
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