VMware Tools up to 10.2.x HGFS out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in VMware Tools up to 10.2.x. The affected element is an unknown function of the component HGFS. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-6969. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in VMware Tools up to 10.2.x and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component HGFS. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

VMware Tools (10.x and prior before 10.3.0) contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in HGFS. Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to information disclosure or may allow attackers to escalate their privileges on the guest VMs. In order to be able to exploit this issue, file sharing must be enabled.

The bug was discovered 07/12/2018. The weakness was shared 07/13/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vmware.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-6969 since 02/14/2018. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 111220 (VMware Tools 10.x < 10.3.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2018-0017)), 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 371072 (VMware Tools out-of-bounds read vulnerability (VMSA-2018-0017)).

Upgrading to version 10.3.0 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 Tenable (111220) and SecurityFocus (BID 104737†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 111220
Nessus Name: VMware Tools 10.x < 10.3.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2018-0017)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Tools 10.3.0

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02/14/2018 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: vmware.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-6969 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-6969
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-121424
SecurityFocus: 104737 - VMware Tools HGFS CVE-2018-6969 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1041291

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

Entryinfo

Created: 07/14/2018 01:09
Updated: 04/09/2023 09:18
Changes: 07/14/2018 01:09 (72), 03/15/2020 21:03 (5), 04/09/2023 09:18 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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