VMware Player 1.0.4/2.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in VMware Player 1.0.4/2.0 and classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2007-5617. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in VMware Player 1.0.4/2.0 (Virtualization Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in VMware Player 1.0.x before 1.0.5 and 2.0 before 2.0.1, and Workstation 5.x before 5.5.5 and 6.x before 6.0.1, prevents it from launching, which has unspecified impact, related to untrusted virtual machine images.

The bug was discovered 09/18/2007. The weakness was released 10/21/2007 (Website). The advisory is available at vmware.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-5617 since 10/21/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 33 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 28262 (GLSA-200711-23 : VMware Workstation and Player: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks 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 2.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (38354), Tenable (28262), OSVDB (40092†), Secunia (SA26890†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-16906†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-3324, VDB-3326, VDB-3323 and VDB-36566. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 28262
Nessus Name: GLSA-200711-23 : VMware Workstation and Player: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 59243
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200711-23 (vmware-workstation vmware-player)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Player 2.0

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09/18/2007 🔍
09/20/2007 +2 days 🔍
10/21/2007 +31 days 🔍
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03/16/2015 +2668 days 🔍
07/31/2019 +1598 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: vmware.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2007-5617 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-5617
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-39386
X-Force: 38354
Secunia: 26890 - VMWare Products Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 40092 - CVE-2007-5617 - VMware - Multiple Products - Unspecified Issue
Vulnerability Center: 16906 - VMWare Player and Workstation Unspecified Vulnerability Related to Untrusted VM Images, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2007-3229

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

Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 07/31/2019 11:46
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (78), 07/31/2019 11:46 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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