CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
26.9%
VMware Workstation is prone to an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:vmware:workstation";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.810532");
script_version("2024-02-15T05:05:40+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-7461");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-15 05:05:40 +0000 (Thu, 15 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2017-07-28 01:29:00 +0000 (Fri, 28 Jul 2017)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-02-03 13:26:17 +0530 (Fri, 03 Feb 2017)");
script_name("VMware Workstation DnD Function Out-of-Bounds Access Vulnerability - Linux");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"VMware Workstation is prone to an out-of-bounds memory access 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 an out-of-bounds memory
access error in drag-and-drop (DnD) function.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow
attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running the
affected application. Failed exploit attempts will likely result in
denial-of-service conditions.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"VMware Workstation 12.x before
12.5.2 on Linux.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Workstation version
12.5.2 or later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
## if both the drag-and-drop function and the copy-and-paste (C&P)
## function are disabled application is not vulnerable, so qod is reduced
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0019.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94280");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AG");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_vmware_prdts_detect_lin.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("VMware/Workstation/Linux/Ver");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!vmwareVer = get_app_version(cpe:CPE)){
exit(0);
}
if(vmwareVer =~ "^12")
{
if(version_is_less(version:vmwareVer, test_version:"12.5.2"))
{
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vmwareVer, fixed_version:"12.5.2");
security_message(data:report);
exit(0);
}
}
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
26.9%