The host is installed with VMware Fusion
and is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_vmware_fusion_hgfs_privilege_escalation_vuln_macosx.nasl 11903 2018-10-15 10:26:16Z asteins $
#
# VMware Fusion 'HGFS' Feature Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (Mac OS X)
#
# Authors:
# Rinu Kuriakose <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
# (or any later version), as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# 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.
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CPE = "cpe:/a:vmware:fusion";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.809020");
script_version("$Revision: 11903 $");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-5330");
script_bugtraq_id(92323);
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.4");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2018-10-15 12:26:16 +0200 (Mon, 15 Oct 2018) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-09-01 10:20:57 +0530 (Thu, 01 Sep 2016)");
script_name("VMware Fusion 'HGFS' Feature Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (Mac OS X)");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The host is installed with VMware Fusion
and is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to a DLL hijacking
vulnerability present in the VMware Tools 'Shared Folders' (HGFS) feature
running on Microsoft Windows.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow
local users to gain extra privileges.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"VMware Fusion 8.1.x before 8.1.1 on
Mac OS X.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to VMware Fusion version
8.1.1 or later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0010.html");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("secpod_vmware_fusion_detect_macosx.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("VMware/Fusion/MacOSX/Version");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!vmwareVer = get_app_version(cpe:CPE)){
exit(0);
}
if(vmwareVer =~ "^(8\.1)")
{
if(version_is_less(version:vmwareVer, test_version:"8.1.1"))
{
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vmwareVer, fixed_version:"8.1.1");
security_message(data:report);
exit(0);
}
}