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,...

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-2014-0005remote.nasl 6769 2017-07-20 09:56:33Z teissa $ VMSA-2014-0005: VMware Workstation,...

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

VMware 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 the respective right holders...

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

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2014-0005 Synopsis: VMware Workstation, Player, Fusion, and ESXi patches address a guest privilege escalation Issue date: 2014-05-29...

CVE-2014-3793

VMware Tools in VMware Workstation 10.x before 10.0.2, VMware Player 6.x before 6.0.2, VMware Fusion 6.x before 6.0.3, and VMware ESXi 5.0 through 5.5, when a Windows 8.1 guest OS is used, allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges or cause a denial of service kernel NULL pointer dereferen...

CVE-2014-3793

CVE-2014-3793 affects VMware Tools across VMware Workstation 10.x (<10.0.2), VMware Player 6.x (<6.0.2), VMware Fusion 6.x (

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

a. Guest privilege escalation in VMware Tools A kernel NULL dereference vulnerability was found in VMware Tools running on Microsoft Windows 8.1. Successful exploitation of this issue could lead to an escalation of privilege in the guest operating system. VMware would like to thank Tavis Ormandy...

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

VMSA-2014-0005 VMware Workstation, Player, Fusion, and ESXi patches address a guest privilege escalation VMware Security Advisory VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2014-0005 VMware Security Advisory Synopsis: VMware Workstation, Player, Fusion, and ESXi patches address a guest privilege...

Backup job reports Unfreeze Error (Over VIX)

Challenge Backup job returns an error: Unfreeze error over VIX: Backup job failed. Running vssadmin list writers command within the guest may result in: Non-Retryable error for Volume Shadow Copy Service VSS of the Microsoft Exchange Replication service Cause This issue is Microsoft-related and...

Credentials Test or Job Fails when attempt to use VIX

Challenge When using Veeam Backup & Replication with a VMware environment the following error may be seen when using the Guest Credentials Test or when processing a VM that is in a DMZ or Isolated environment. Failed to prepare guest for hot backup. Error: Failed to connect to guest agent. Errors...

CVE-2012-1666

Untrusted search path vulnerability in VMware Tools in VMware Workstation before 8.0.4, VMware Player before 4.0.4, VMware Fusion before 4.1.2, VMware View before 5.1, and VMware ESX 4.1 before U3 and 5.0 before P03 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse tpfc.dll file in the...