KLA12094 Multiple vulnerabilities in VMware Workstation and Player

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in VMware Workstation and Player. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code, cause denial of service, gain privileges.

Below is a complete list of vulnerabilities:

1. A code execution vulnerability in VMware USB arbitration service can be exploited locally to execute arbitrary code.
2. Use after free vulnerability in vmnetdhcp can be exploited to execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service.
3. A privilege escalation vulnerability in Cortado Thinprint can be exploited locally to gain privileges.

Original advisories

VMSA-2020-0004

Related products

VMware-Workstation

VMware-Player

CVE list

CVE-2019-5543 critical

CVE-2020-3947 critical

CVE-2020-3948 critical

Solution

Update to the latest version

Download VMWare Workstation

Impacts

• ACE

Arbitrary code execution. Exploitation of vulnerabilities with this impact can lead to executing by abuser any code or commands at vulnerable machine or process.

• DoS

Denial of service. Exploitation of vulnerabilities with this impact can lead to loss of system availability or critical functional fault.

• PE

Privilege escalation. Exploitation of vulnerabilities with this impact can lead to performing by abuser actions, which are normally disallowed for current role.

Affected Products

• VMware Workstation 15.x earlier than 15.5.2VMware Player 15.x earlier than 15.5.2