VMware Player 3.1/3.1.1/3.1.2/3.1.3 Host Guest File System race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in VMware Player 3.1/3.1.1/3.1.2/3.1.3 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Host Guest File System. Executing a manipulation can lead to race condition. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-1787. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in VMware Player 3.1/3.1.1/3.1.2/3.1.3 (Virtualization Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component Host Guest File System. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Race condition in mount.vmhgfs in the VMware Host Guest File System (HGFS) in VMware Workstation 7.1.x before 7.1.4, VMware Player 3.1.x before 3.1.4, VMware Fusion 3.1.x before 3.1.3, VMware ESXi 3.5 though 4.1, and VMware ESX 3.0.3 through 4.1 allows guest OS users to gain privileges on the guest OS by mounting a filesystem on top of an arbitrary directory.

The weakness was released 06/06/2011 by Dan Rosenberg (Website). The advisory is available at vmware.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2011-1787 since 04/19/2011. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 54996 (VMware Products Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2011-0009)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119313 (VMware Multiple Products Security Updates (VMSA-2011-0009)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (67814), Tenable (54996), SecurityFocus (BID 48098†), Secunia (SA44840†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1025601†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-4358, VDB-57599 and VDB-57598. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 54996
Nessus Name: VMware Products Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2011-0009)
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OpenVAS ID: 103452
OpenVAS Name: VMSA-2011-0009.3 VMware hosted product updates, ESX patches and VI Client update resolve multiple security issues
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: vmware.com
Researcher: Dan Rosenberg
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-1787 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-1787
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-57586

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X-Force: 67814
SecurityFocus: 48098 - Multiple VMware products 'Mount.vmhgfs' Mutiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 44840 - VMware Products "mount.vmhgfs" Multiple Security Issues, Less Critical
SecurityTracker: 1025601 - VMware Bugs in 'mount.vmhgfs' Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
Vulnerability Center: 31752 - Multiple VMware Products mount.vmhgfs Malfunction Vulnerability Allows Guest Privileges Escalation, Medium

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

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/08/2021 09:21
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (67), 03/24/2017 07:50 (18), 11/08/2021 09:21 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:7CE:103

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