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VMSA-2012-0007 VMware hosted products and ESX patches address privilege escalation

🗓️ 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00Reported by This script is Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbHType 
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VMSA-2012-0007 VMware products and ESX patches fix privilege escalatio

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###############################################################################
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_VMSA-2012-0007.nasl 5988 2017-04-20 09:02:29Z teissa $
#
# VMSA-2012-0007 VMware hosted products and ESX patches address privilege escalation
#
# Authors:
# Michael Meyer <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
###############################################################################

tag_summary = "The remote ESXi is missing one or more security related Updates from VMSA-2012-0007.

Summary
VMware hosted products and ESXi/ESX patches address privilege escalation.

Relevant releases

Workstation 8.0.1 and earlier
Player 4.0.1 and earlier
Fusion 4.1.1 and earlier
ESXi 5.0 without patch ESXi500-201203102-SG
ESXi 4.1 without patch ESXi410-201201402-BG
ESXi 4.0 without patch ESXi400-201203402-BG
ESXi 3.5 without patch ESXe350-201203402-T-BG
ESX 4.1 without patch ESX410-201201401-SG
ESX 4.0 without patch ESX400-201203401-SG
ESX 3.5 without patch ESX350-201203402-BG
      
Problem Description
a. VMware Tools Incorrect Folder Permissions Privilege Escalation

The access control list of the VMware Tools folder is incorrectly set.
Exploitation of this issue may lead to local privilege escalation on
Windows-based Guest Operating Systems.

Solution
Apply the missing patch(es).";


if (description)
{
 script_id(103466);
 script_cve_id("CVE-2012-1518");
 script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"8.3");
 script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
 script_version ("$Revision: 5988 $");
 script_name("VMSA-2012-0007 VMware hosted products and ESX patches address privilege escalation");


 script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-04-20 11:02:29 +0200 (Thu, 20 Apr 2017) $");
 script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-04-13 10:53:01 +0100 (Fri, 13 Apr 2012)");
 script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
 script_family("VMware Local Security Checks");
 script_copyright("This script is Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
 script_dependencies("gb_vmware_esxi_init.nasl");
 script_mandatory_keys("VMware/ESXi/LSC","VMware/ESX/version");
 script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
 script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
 script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
 script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0007.html");
 exit(0);
}

include("vmware_esx.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if(!get_kb_item('VMware/ESXi/LSC'))exit(0);
if(! esxVersion = get_kb_item("VMware/ESX/version"))exit(0);

patches = make_array("4.1.0","ESXi410-201201402-BG",
                     "4.0.0","ESXi400-201203402-BG",
                     "5.0.0","VIB:tools-light:5.0.0-0.10.608089");

if(!patches[esxVersion])exit(0);

if(_esxi_patch_missing(esxi_version:esxVersion, patch:patches[esxVersion])) {

  security_message(port:0);
  exit(0);

}

exit(99);

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20 Apr 2017 00:00Current
6.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.8
EPSS0.00908
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