VMware Workstation 5.5.3 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in VMware Workstation 5.5.3. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2007-1337. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in VMware Workstation 5.5.3 (Virtualization Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The virtual machine process (VMX) in VMware Workstation before 5.5.4 does not properly read state information when moving from the ACPI sleep state to the run state, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (virtual machine reboot) via unknown vectors.

The bug was discovered 04/27/2007. The weakness was presented 05/01/2007 by Tavis Ormandy with Google (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vmware.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-1337 since 03/07/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25119 (VMware Workstation < 5.5.4 Build 44386 Multiple Vulnerabilities), 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 116383 (VMware Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities(VMSA-2007-0004)).

Upgrading to version 5.5.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (33990), Tenable (25119), SecurityFocus (BID 23732†), OSVDB (35508†) and Secunia (SA25079†). See VDB-36566, VDB-36565, VDB-36564 and VDB-36562 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 25119
Nessus Name: VMware Workstation < 5.5.4 Build 44386 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Workstation 5.5.4

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03/13/2015 +2318 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: vmware.com
Researcher: Tavis Ormandy
Organization: Google
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-1337 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-1337
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-36563
X-Force: 33990
SecurityFocus: 23732 - VMware Multiple Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 25079
OSVDB: 35508 - VMware Workstation VMX State Transition Local DoS
SecurityTracker: 1018011
Vulnerability Center: 15007 - VMWare Workstation before 5.5.4 VMX Local Denial of Service, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-1592

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

Created: 03/13/2015 14:56
Updated: 08/02/2019 12:21
Changes: 03/13/2015 14:56 (77), 08/02/2019 12:21 (9)
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