Invalid #PF Exception Code in VMware can result in Guest Privilege Escalation

No description provided by source. Invalid PF Exception Code in VMware can result in Guest Privilege Escalation ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- In protected mode, cpl is usually equal to the two least significant bits of the cs register. However, ther...

VMware PF异常本地权限提升漏洞

BUGTRAQ ID: 36841 CVECAN ID: CVE-2009-2267 VMWare是一款虚拟PC软件，允许在一台机器上同时运行两个或多个Windows、DOS、LINUX系统。 在受保护的模式中，cpl通常等于cs寄存器最不重要的两位，但也有一个例外：在Virtual-8086模式中，无论cs寄存器为何值cpl总是为 3（最少权限）。当处理器出现PF异常时，会向包含有标记的栈上Push一个异常代码，操作系统使用这个标记确定正确地操作阶段。其中的一个标记为 U/S（user/supervisor），当处理器处于用户态时出现错误会设置这个标记。...

VMSA-2009-0015 : VMware hosted products and ESX patches resolve two security issues

a. Mishandled exception on page faults An improper setting of the exception code on page faults may allow for local privilege escalation on the guest operating system. This vulnerability does not affect the host system. VMware would like to thank Tavis Ormandy and Julien Tinnes of the Google...

VMware Server 2.0.1 ESXi Server 3.5 - Directory Traversal

VMware Server 2.0.1 ESXi Server 3.5 - Directory Traversal source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36842/info VMware products are prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability because they fail to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input data. Exploiting the issue may allow an attacker to obtain...

VMWare Virtual 8086 Linux Local Ring0 Exploit

Exploit for unknown platform in category local exploits ============================================= VMWare Virtual 8086 Linux Local Ring0 Exploit ============================================= Title: VMWare Virtual 8086 Linux Local Ring0 Exploit CVE-ID: OSVDB-ID: Author: Tavis Ormandy and Julien...

VMware Virtual 8086 - Linux Local Ring0

Bugtraq ID: 36841 Class: Design Error Published: Oct 27 2009 12:00AM Updated: Oct 27 2009 09:18PM Credit: Tavis Ormandy and Julien Tinnes of the Google Security Team Vulnerable: VMWare Workstation 6.5.3 VMWare Workstation 6.5.2 build 156735 VMWare Workstation 6.5.2 VMWare Workstation 6.5.1 VMWare...

VMware Server 2.0.1 / ESXi Server 3.5 - Directory Traversal

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36842/info VMware products are prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability because they fail to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input data. Exploiting the issue may allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from the host operating system that...

VMSA-2009-0002 : VirtualCenter Update 4 and ESX patch update Tomcat to version 5.5.27

a. Update for VirtualCenter and ESX patch update Apache Tomcat version to 5.5.27 Update for VirtualCenter and ESX patch update the Tomcat package to version 5.5.27 which addresses multiple security issues that existed in the previous version of Apache Tomcat. The Common Vulnerabilities and...

VMSA-2009-0014 : VMware ESX patches for DHCP, Service Console kernel, and JRE resolve multiple security issues

a. Service Console update for DHCP and third-party library update for DHCP client. DHCP is an Internet-standard protocol by which a computer can be connected to a local network, ask to be given configuration information, and receive from a server enough information to configure itself as a member...

VMware ESX patches for DHCP, Service Console kernel, and JRE resolve multiple security issues

a. Service Console update for DHCP and third party library update for DHCP client. DHCP is an Internet-standard protocol by which a computer can be connected to a local network, ask to be given configuration information, and receive from a server enough information to configure itself as a member...

VMSA-2009-0014:VMware ESX patches for DHCP, Service Console kernel, and JRE resolve multiple security issues

VMSA-2009-0014.3 VMware ESX patches for DHCP, Service Console kernel, and JRE resolve multiple security issues VMware Security Advisory VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2009-0014.3 VMware Security Advisory Synopsis: VMware ESX patches for DHCP, Service Console kernel, and JRE resolve...

VMSA-2008-0015:Updated ESXi and ESX 3.5 packages address CRITICAL security issue in openwsman

VMSA-2008-0015 Updated ESXi and ESX 3.5 packages address critical security issue in openwsman VMware Security Advisory VMware Security AdvisoryAdvisory ID: VMSA-2008-0015 VMware Security AdvisorySynopsis: Updated ESXi and ESX 3.5 packages address critical security issue in openwsman VMware Securi...

VMSA-2008-00010 : Updated Tomcat and Java JRE packages for VMware, ESX 3.5 and VirtualCenter 2.5 (DEPRECATED)

Updated ESX patches and VirtualCenter update 2 fix the following application vulnerabilities. a. Tomcat Server Security Update This release of ESX updates the Tomcat Server package to version 5.5.26, which addresses multiple security issues that existed in earlier releases of Tomcat Server. The...

VMSA-2008-0004 : Low: Updated e2fsprogs service console package

Updated e2fsprogs package address multiple integer overflow flaws Thanks to Rafal Wojtczuk of McAfee Avert Research for identifying and reporting this issue. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project cve.mitre.org has assigned the name CVE-2007-5497 to this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C...

VMSA-2008-0018 : VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve two security issues

a. A privilege escalation on 32-bit and 64-bit guest operating systems VMware products emulate hardware functions and create the possibility to run guest operating systems. A flaw in the CPU hardware emulation might allow the virtual CPU to incorrectly handle the Trap flag. Exploitation of this...

VMSA-2008-0019 : VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve a critical security issue and update bzip2

a. Critical Memory corruption vulnerability A memory corruption condition may occur in the virtual machine hardware. A malicious request sent from the guest operating system to the virtual hardware may cause the virtual hardware to write to uncontrolled physical memory. VMware would like to thank...

VMSA-2008-0013 : Updated ESX packages for OpenSSL, net-snmp, perl

I Security Issues a. OpenSSL Binaries Updated This fix updates the third-party OpenSSL library. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project cve.mitre.org has assigned the names CVE-2007-3108 and CVE-2007-5135 to the issues addressed by this update. II Service Console rpm updates a. net-snmp...

VMSA-2009-0007 : VMware Hosted products and ESX and ESXi patches resolve security issues

a. VMware Descheduled Time Accounting driver vulnerability may cause a denial of service in Windows based virtual machines. The VMware Descheduled Time Accounting Service is an optional, experimental service that provides improved guest operating system accounting. This patch fixes a denial of...

VMSA-2008-0011 : Updated ESX service console packages for Samba and vmnix

I Service Console rpm updates a. Security Update to Service Console Kernel This fix upgrades service console kernel version to 2.4.21-57.EL. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project cve.mitre.org has assigned the names CVE-2007-5001, CVE-2007-6151, CVE-2007-6206, CVE-2008-0007,...

VMSA-2009-0004 : ESX Service Console updates for openssl, bind, and vim

a. Updated OpenSSL package for the Service Console fixes a security issue. OpenSSL 0.9.7a-33.24 and earlier does not properly check the return value from the EVPVerifyFinal function, which could allow a remote attacker to bypass validation of the certificate chain via a malformed SSL/TLS signatur...