VMware Workstation/Player access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in VMware Workstation and Player. It has been declared as problematic. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2014-8370. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in VMware Workstation and Player (Virtualization Software) (version now known). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity.

The weakness was presented 01/27/2015 by Shanon Olsson with JPCERT as VMSA-2015-0001 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at vmware.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-8370 since 10/21/2014. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 81186 (VMware Workstation 10.x < 10.0.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2015-0001) (Linux)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family General and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 123272 (VMware Workstation And Player Security Update (VMSA-2015-0001)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (100933), Tenable (81186), SecurityFocus (BID 72338†), Secunia (SA62551†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1031642†). See VDB-68859, VDB-68918, VDB-68919 and VDB-68920 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 81186
Nessus Name: VMware Workstation 10.x < 10.0.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2015-0001) (Linux)
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OpenVAS ID: 831237
OpenVAS Name: VMSA-2015-0001: VMware vCenter Server, ESXi, Workstation, Player, and Fusion updates address security issues
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: VMSA-2015-0001
Researcher: Shanon Olsson
Organization: JPCERT
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-8370 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-8370
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-68858
X-Force: 100933 - Multiple VMware products configuration file privilege escalation, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 72338 - Multiple VMware Products CVE-2014-8370 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 62551 - VMware Workstation / Player Multiple Vulnerabilities, Not Critical
SecurityTracker: 1031642

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

Created: 01/28/2015 09:08
Updated: 03/07/2022 07:54
Changes: 01/28/2015 09:08 (81), 05/02/2019 16:26 (2), 03/07/2022 07:54 (3)
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