VMware ESXi/Workstation Pro/Player/Fusion Pro/Fusion information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in VMware ESXi, Workstation Pro, Player, Fusion Pro and Fusion. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-4905. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in VMware ESXi, Workstation Pro, Player, Fusion Pro and Fusion (Virtualization Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

VMware ESXi 6.5 without patch ESXi650-201703410-SG, 6.0 U3 without patch ESXi600-201703401-SG, 6.0 U2 without patch ESXi600-201703403-SG, 6.0 U1 without patch ESXi600-201703402-SG, 5.5 without patch ESXi550-201703401-SG; Workstation Pro / Player 12.x prior to 12.5.5; and Fusion Pro / Fusion 8.x prior to 8.5.6 have uninitialized memory usage. This issue may lead to an information leak.

The bug was discovered 03/28/2017. The weakness was presented 06/07/2017 with Tencent (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vmware.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-4905 since 12/26/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed by unamer in C++ and been published 3 years after the advisory. The exploit is available at github.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 99103 (VMware Fusion 8.x < 8.5.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2017-0006) (macOS)), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370354 (VMware Workstation Pro, VMware Workstation Player and VMware Fusion Multiple Vulnerabilities. (VMSA-2017-0006)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (47715), Tenable (99103) and SecurityFocus (BID 97164†). See VDB-102080, VDB-102081 and VDB-102082 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: unamer
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Nessus ID: 99103
Nessus Name: VMware Fusion 8.x < 8.5.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2017-0006) (macOS)
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OpenVAS ID: 105038
OpenVAS Name: VMSA-2017-0006: VMware ESXi updates address critical and moderate security issues (remote check)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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12/26/2016 🔍
03/28/2017 +92 days 🔍
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03/28/2017 +0 days 🔍
03/30/2017 +2 days 🔍
06/07/2017 +69 days 🔍
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06/08/2017 +1 days 🔍
06/06/2019 +728 days 🔍
12/26/2020 +569 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: vmware.com
Researcher: ZDI, Team Sniper
Organization: Tencent
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-4905 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-4905
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-102083
SecurityFocus: 97164 - Multiple VMware Products CVE-2017-4905 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1038148

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/08/2017 08:40
Updated: 12/26/2020 13:25
Changes: 06/08/2017 08:40 (71), 11/27/2019 06:39 (1), 11/27/2019 06:40 (12), 12/26/2020 13:18 (5), 12/26/2020 13:25 (1)
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Committer: misc
Cache ID: 216::103

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