VMware Workstation 14.1.5 VMware Player 15 - Host VMX Process COM Class Hijack Privilege Escalation

VMware Workstation 14.1.5 VMware Player 15 - Host VMX Process COM Class Hijack Privilege Escalation VMware: Host VMX Process COM Class Hijack EoP Platform: VMware Workstation Windows v14.1.5 on Windows 10. Also tested VMware Player 15. Class: Elevation of Privilege Summary: COM classes used by th...

VMware Workstation 14.1.5 / VMware Player 15 Host VMX Process COM Class Hijack Privilege Escalation

The VMX process vmware-vmx.exe process configures and hosts an instance of VM. As is common with desktop virtualization platforms the VM host usually has privileged access into the OS such as mapping physical memory which represents a security risk. To mitigate this the VMX process is created wit...