Description
VMware Workstation 6.0.x before 6.0.3 and 5.5.x before 5.5.6, VMware Player 2.0.x before 2.0.3 and 1.0.x before 1.0.6, VMware ACE 2.0.x before 2.0.1 and 1.0.x before 1.0.5, and VMware Server 1.0.x before 1.0.5 on Windows allow local users to gain privileges via an unspecified manipulation of a config.ini file located in an Application Data folder, which can be used for "hijacking the VMX process."
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41252 ↗
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml ↗
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3755 ↗
- http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html ↗
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html ↗
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html ↗
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019622 ↗
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html ↗
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded ↗
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html ↗
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0905/references ↗
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28276 ↗