vCenter Server Appliance - Backup/Restore Recommendations

Native File-Based Backup and Restore Recommended vCenter Server Appliance Data Integrity Best Practices recommends using the native file-based backup and restore operations to protect the vCenter Server Appliance. Review: VMware vSphere User Guide: Considerations and Limitations for File-Based...

CVE-2017-11741

HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin aka vagrant-vmware-fusion before 4.0.24 uses weak permissions for the sudo helper scripts, allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges by overwriting one of the scripts...

CVE-2017-11741

HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin aka vagrant-vmware-fusion before 4.0.24 uses weak permissions for the sudo helper scripts, allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges by overwriting one of the scripts...

Denial of service

HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin aka vagrant-vmware-fusion before 4.0.24 uses weak permissions for the sudo helper scripts, allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges by overwriting one of the scripts...

CVE-2017-11741

HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin aka vagrant-vmware-fusion before 4.0.24 uses weak permissions for the sudo helper scripts, allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges by overwriting one of the scripts...

CVE-2017-11741

CVE-2017-11741 affects HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (vagrant-vmware-fusion) prior to 4.0.24. The issue stems from weak permissions granted to the plugin’s sudo helper scripts, enabling a local attacker to overwrite the scripts and execute arbitrary code with root privileges. Public refe...

VMware WorkStation 12.5.5 - Virtual Machine Escape

VMware WorkStation 12.5.5 - Virtual Machine Escape VMware Escape Exploit VMware Escape Exploit before VMware WorkStation 12.5.5 Host Target: Win10 x64 Compiler: VS2013 Test on VMware 12.5.2 build-4638234 Known issues Failing to heap manipulation causes host process crash. Not quite elaborate...

VMSA-2017-0012:VMware VIX API VM Direct Access Function security issue

VMSA-2017-0012 VMware VIX API VM Direct Access Function security issue VMware Security Advisory VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2017-0012 VMware Security Advisory Severity: Important VMware Security Advisory Synopsis: VMware VIX API VM Direct Access Function security issue VMware...

VMware WorkStation 12.5.5 - Virtual Machine Escape

VMware Escape Exploit VMware Escape Exploit before VMware WorkStation 12.5.5 Host Target: Win10 x64 Compiler: VS2013 Test on VMware 12.5.2 build-4638234 Known issues Failing to heap manipulation causes host process crash. Not quite elaborate because I'm not good at doing heap "fengshui" on winows...

VMSA-2017-0014:VMware NSX-V Edge updates address OSPF Protocol LSA DoS

VMSA-2017-0014 VMware NSX-V Edge updates address OSPF Protocol LSA DoS VMware Security Advisory VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2017-0014 VMware Security Advisory Severity: Important VMware Security Advisory Synopsis: VMware NSX-V Edge updates address OSPF Protocol LSA DoS VMware...

[SECURITY] [DSA 3927-1] linux security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3927-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso August 07, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Debian DSA-3927-1 : linux - security update (Stack Clash)

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks. - CVE-2017-7346 Li Qiang discovered that the DRM driver for VMware virtual GPUs does not properly check user-controlled values in the...

HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion Plugin Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin is a tool for building and managing virtual machine environments on VMware virtual machines developed by HashiCorp, USA. A security vulnerability exists in the sudo helper in HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin versions prior to 4.0.21. A local attacker...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3371-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Citrix App layering: Recipe for USB Drivers With VMWARE Horizon View 5.X

Overview The purpose is to explain a process for getting USB Hardware related device drivers working in a Unidesk Layer in conjunction with software application that may require peripheral device support. Tested Devices This document utilize these kinds of devices in our testing: Dell USB Laser...

Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion 4.0.23 Local Root Privilege Escalation

CVE-2017-11741 Local root privesc in Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion = 4.0.23 2 Aug 2017 06:49 A couple of weeks ago I disclosed a local root privesc in Hashicorp's vagrant-vmware-fusion plugin: https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve20177642-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion--4020.html The...

[SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: open-vm-tools-10.1.5-5.fc25

The open-vm-tools project is an open source implementation of VMware Tools. It is a suite of open source virtualization utilities and drivers to improve t he functionality, user experience and administration of VMware virtual machine s. This package contains only the core user-space programs and...

Design/Logic Flaw

The sudo helper in the HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin aka vagrant-vmware-fusion before 4.0.21 allows local users to gain root privileges by leveraging failure to verify the path to the encoded ruby script or scrub the PATH variable...

CVE-2017-7642

The sudo helper in the HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin aka vagrant-vmware-fusion before 4.0.21 allows local users to gain root privileges by leveraging failure to verify the path to the encoded ruby script or scrub the PATH variable...

CVE-2017-7642

The sudo helper in the HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin aka vagrant-vmware-fusion before 4.0.21 allows local users to gain root privileges by leveraging failure to verify the path to the encoded ruby script or scrub the PATH variable...