The version of VMware Workstation installed on the remote host is 15.x prior to 15.1.0. It is, therefore, affected by DLL-hijacking vulnerability. An authenticated, attacker can exploit this to gain privileged or administrator access to the host system.
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# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
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include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(125224);
script_version("1.3");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/30 13:24:47");
script_cve_id("CVE-2019-5526");
script_bugtraq_id(108333);
script_xref(name:"VMSA", value:"2019-0007");
script_name(english:"VMware Workstation 15.x < 15.1.0 DLL-hijacking Vulnerability (VMSA-2019-0007)");
script_summary(english:"Checks the VMware Workstation version.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"A virtualization application installed on the remote Windows host is affected by DLL-hijacking vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of VMware Workstation installed on the remote host is 15.x prior to 15.1.0. It is, therefore, affected by
DLL-hijacking vulnerability. An authenticated, attacker can exploit this to gain privileged or administrator access to
the host system.");
# https://www.vmware.com/il/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0007.html
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a8109771");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to VMware Workstation version 15.1.0, or later.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-5526");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/05/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/05/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/05/16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:vmware:workstation");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Windows");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("vmware_workstation_detect.nasl");
exit(0);
}
include("vcf.inc");
if (get_kb_item('SMB/Registry/Enumerated')) win_local = TRUE;
app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:'VMware Workstation', win_local:win_local);
vcf::check_granularity(app_info:app_info, sig_segments:2);
constraints = [
{ 'min_version' : '15', 'fixed_version' : '15.1.0' }
];
vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_HOLE);
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
vmware | workstation | cpe:/a:vmware:workstation |