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VMware Workstation Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA31707
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Release Date:
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2008-09-01
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Last Update:
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2008-10-06
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Popularity:
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5,951 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | VMware Workstation 5.x
VMware Workstation 6.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
VMware has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in VMware Workstation, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges and by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a user's system.
1) Various vulnerabilities are caused due to unspecified errors within certain ActiveX controls. These can be exploited to e.g. execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a malicious website.
2) An unspecified error related to "OpenProcess" can be exploited by malicious, local users on a host system to gain escalated privileges on the host system.
This vulnerability affects VMware Workstation 5.x for Windows only.
3) Some vulnerabilities in freetype can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise an application using the library.
For more information:
SA30600
4) A vulnerability in cairo can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise an application using the library.
For more information:
SA27880
This vulnerability affects VMware Workstation 6.x for Linux only.
5) An error in the emulation of "JMP" instructions to "non-canonical" 64-bit addresses can be exploited to run arbitrary code with escalated privileges inside a VMware guest.
Change Page:
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
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