VDB-136151 · CVE-2019-5522 · BID 108673

VMware Tools up to 10.3.9 on Windows vm3dmp Driver out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in VMware Tools up to 10.3.9 on Windows. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component vm3dmp Driver. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2019-5522. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in VMware Tools up to 10.3.9 on Windows. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component vm3dmp Driver. 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. The summary by CVE is:

VMware Tools for Windows (10.x before 10.3.10) update addresses an out of bounds read vulnerability in vm3dmp driver which is installed with vmtools in Windows guest machines. A local attacker with non-administrative access to a Windows guest with VMware Tools installed may be able to leak kernel information or create a denial of service attack on the same Windows guest machine.

The weakness was released 06/06/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vmware.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-5522 since 01/07/2019. Attacking locally is a requirement. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 10.3.10 eliminates this vulnerability.

Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-136152. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

VMware

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Tools

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.vmware.com/

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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NVD Base Score: 7.1
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Exploitinginfo

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

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Tools 10.3.10

Timelineinfo

01/07/2019 🔍
06/06/2019 +150 days 🔍
06/07/2019 +1 days 🔍
09/28/2023 +1574 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: vmware.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2019-5522 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-5522
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-136151
SecurityFocus: 108673

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

Created: 06/07/2019 09:00
Updated: 09/28/2023 14:57
Changes: 06/07/2019 09:00 (59), 06/20/2020 17:01 (1), 09/28/2023 14:57 (4)
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