a. Host code execution vulnerability from a guest operating system
A critical vulnerability in the virtual machine display function might allow a guest operating system to run code on the host.
This issue is different from the vulnerability in a guest virtual device driver reported in VMware security advisory VMSA-2009-0005 on 2009-04-03. That vulnerability can cause a potential denial of service and is identified by CVE-2008-4916.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2009-1244 to this issue.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from VMware Security Advisory 2009-0006.
# The text itself is copyright (C) VMware Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(40391);
script_version("1.21");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-1244");
script_xref(name:"VMSA", value:"2009-0006");
script_name(english:"VMSA-2009-0006 : VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve a critical security vulnerability");
script_summary(english:"Checks esxupdate output for the patch");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing a security-related patch."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"a. Host code execution vulnerability from a guest operating system
A critical vulnerability in the virtual machine display function
might allow a guest operating system to run code on the host.
This issue is different from the vulnerability in a guest virtual
device driver reported in VMware security advisory VMSA-2009-0005
on 2009-04-03. That vulnerability can cause a potential denial of
service and is identified by CVE-2008-4916.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)
has assigned the name CVE-2009-1244 to this issue."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000055.html"
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Apply the missing patch.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploithub_sku", value:"EH-14-757");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_exploithub", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_canvas", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"canvas_package", value:'CANVAS');
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:vmware:esx:3.0.2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:vmware:esx:3.0.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:vmware:esx:3.5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:vmware:esxi:3.5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/04/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/07/27");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"VMware ESX Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/VMware/release", "Host/VMware/version");
script_require_ports("Host/VMware/esxupdate", "Host/VMware/esxcli_software_vibs");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("vmware_esx_packages.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/VMware/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "VMware ESX / ESXi");
if (
!get_kb_item("Host/VMware/esxcli_software_vibs") &&
!get_kb_item("Host/VMware/esxupdate")
) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
init_esx_check(date:"2009-04-10");
flag = 0;
if (esx_check(ver:"ESX 3.0.2", patch:"ESX-1008421")) flag++;
if (
esx_check(
ver : "ESX 3.0.3",
patch : "ESX303-200904403-SG",
patch_updates : make_list("ESX303-201002201-UG", "ESX303-Update01")
)
) flag++;
if (
esx_check(
ver : "ESX 3.5.0",
patch : "ESX350-200904201-SG",
patch_updates : make_list("ESX350-200911201-UG", "ESX350-200912401-BG", "ESX350-201002403-BG", "ESX350-201003401-BG", "ESX350-201006401-SG", "ESX350-201008401-SG", "ESX350-201012401-SG", "ESX350-201105402-BG", "ESX350-201203401-SG", "ESX350-201205401-SG", "ESX350-201206401-SG", "ESX350-Update05", "ESX350-Update05a")
)
) flag++;
if (esx_check(ver:"ESXi 3.5.0", patch:"ESXe350-200904201-O-SG")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:esx_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");