VMware ESXi Tools Guest OS Privilege Escalation (VMSA-2014-0005)

The remote VMware ESXi host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability due to a NULL pointer dereference flaw in VMware Tools running on Microsoft Windows 8.1. An attacker on an adjacent network can exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges within the guest operating system or else...

VDDK error: 13 - Troubleshooting

Challenge Backup/Replication jobs fail with: VDDK error: 13.You do not have access rights to this file Solution Below is a list of possible solutions to this issue sorted by what transport mode was being used when this error occurred. Note: There are many causes for VDDK 13; this list is not...

Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 8.0 Patch 1

More Recent Version Available Please find the latest version of Veeam Backup & Replication here: Veeam Downloads - Latest Version Challenge Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 8.0 Update 1 Cause Please confirm you are running version 8.0.0.807, 8.0.0.817 or 8.0.0.831 prior to installing...

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4200

vm-support 0.88 in VMware Tools, as distributed with VMware Workstation through 10.0.3 and other products, uses 0644 permissions for the vm-support archive, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by extracting files from this archive...

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4199

vm-support 0.88 in VMware Tools, as distributed with VMware Workstation through 10.0.3 and other products, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in /tmp...

CVE-2014-4199

vm-support 0.88 in VMware Tools, as distributed with VMware Workstation through 10.0.3 and other products, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in /tmp...

CVE-2014-4200

vm-support 0.88 in VMware Tools, as distributed with VMware Workstation through 10.0.3 and other products, uses 0644 permissions for the vm-support archive, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by extracting files from this archive...

CVE-2014-4199

vm-support 0.88 in VMware Tools, as distributed with VMware Workstation through 10.0.3 and other products, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in /tmp...

CVE-2014-4199

vm-support 0.88 in VMware Tools, as distributed with VMware Workstation through 10.0.3 and other products, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in /tmp...

Code injection

vm-support 0.88 in VMware Tools, as distributed with VMware Workstation through 10.0.3 and other products, uses 0644 permissions for the vm-support archive, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by extracting files from this archive...

Code injection

vm-support 0.88 in VMware Tools, as distributed with VMware Workstation through 10.0.3 and other products, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in /tmp...

UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4199

vm-support 0.88 in VMware Tools, as distributed with VMware Workstation through 10.0.3 and other products, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in /tmp...

CVE-2014-4200

CVE-2014-4200 concerns vm-support 0.88 in VMware Tools (distributed with VMware Workstation up to 10.0.3 and related products). The underlying issue is that the vm-support archive is created with 0644 permissions, allowing local users to extract sensitive files from the archive. The public detail...

CVE-2014-4199

vm-support 0.88 in VMware Tools, as distributed with VMware Workstation through 10.0.3 and other products, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in /tmp...

CVE-2014-4199

CVE-2014-4199 affects vm-support 0.88 in VMware Tools (distributed with VMware Workstation up to 10.0.3 and related products). The vulnerability arises from a symlink attack on a file in /tmp, allowing a local user to write to arbitrary files. The Open VM Tools/open-vm-tools references in OSV/Red...

CVE-2014-4200

vm-support 0.88 in VMware Tools, as distributed with VMware Workstation through 10.0.3 and other products, uses 0644 permissions for the vm-support archive, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by extracting files from this archive...

Using the vSphere MOB (Managed Object Browser) to Troubleshoot Snapshot Creation

Purpose This article documents the procedure for manually creating a vSphere VM snapshot using the Managed Object Browser MOB. Solution Start by identifying the Managed Object Reference-ID MORef-ID of the VM for which the snapshot will be created. If the VM is being protected by Veeam Backup &...

VMware Tools 3.1 HGFS.Sys Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26556/info VMware Tools is prone to a privilege-escalation vulnerability. The application fails to properly drop privileges before performing certain functions. An attacker can exploit this in the guest opertaing system t...

VMware ESXi patches address a guest privilege escalation (VMSA-2014-0005)

VMware Workstation, Player, Fusion, and ESXi patches address a vulnerability in VMware Tools which could result in a privilege escalation on Microsoft Windows 8.1. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by...

VMSA-2014-0005: VMware Workstation, Player, Fusion, and ESXi patches address a guest privilege escalation

VMware Workstation, Player, Fusion, and ESXi patches address a vulnerability in VMware Tools which could result in a privilege escalation on Microsoft Windows 8.1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbVMSA-2014-0005.nasl 6995 2017-08-23 11:52:03Z teissa $ VMSA-2014-0005: VMware Workstation, Player,...