VMSA-2017-0021 : VMware ESXi, vCenter Server Appliance, Workstation and Fusion updates address multiple security vulnerabilities

a. ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion stack overflow via authenticated VNC session VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a vulnerability that could allow an authenticated VNC session to cause a stack overflow via a specific set of VNC packets. Successful exploitation of this issue could result ...

Remote code execution

VMware ESXi 6.0 before ESXi600-201711101-SG, 5.5 ESXi550-201709101-SG, Workstation 12.x before 12.5.8, and Fusion 8.x before 8.5.9 contain a vulnerability that could allow an authenticated VNC session to cause a stack overflow via a specific set of VNC packets. Successful exploitation of this iss...

CVE-2017-4933

VMware ESXi 6.5 before ESXi650-201710401-BG, Workstation 12.x before 12.5.8, and Fusion 8.x before 8.5.9 contain a vulnerability that could allow an authenticated VNC session to cause a heap overflow via a specific set of VNC packets resulting in heap corruption. Successful exploitation of this...

Remote code execution

VMware ESXi 6.5 before ESXi650-201710401-BG, Workstation 12.x before 12.5.8, and Fusion 8.x before 8.5.9 contain a vulnerability that could allow an authenticated VNC session to cause a heap overflow via a specific set of VNC packets resulting in heap corruption. Successful exploitation of this...

CVE-2017-4933

VMware ESXi 6.5 before ESXi650-201710401-BG, Workstation 12.x before 12.5.8, and Fusion 8.x before 8.5.9 contain a vulnerability that could allow an authenticated VNC session to cause a heap overflow via a specific set of VNC packets resulting in heap corruption. Successful exploitation of this...

CVE-2017-4941

VMware ESXi 6.0 before ESXi600-201711101-SG, 5.5 ESXi550-201709101-SG, Workstation 12.x before 12.5.8, and Fusion 8.x before 8.5.9 contain a vulnerability that could allow an authenticated VNC session to cause a stack overflow via a specific set of VNC packets. Successful exploitation of this iss...

CVE-2017-4933

VMware ESXi 6.5 before ESXi650-201710401-BG, Workstation 12.x before 12.5.8, and Fusion 8.x before 8.5.9 contain a vulnerability that could allow an authenticated VNC session to cause a heap overflow via a specific set of VNC packets resulting in heap corruption. Successful exploitation of this...

CVE-2017-4933

Summary: CVE-2017-4933 affects VMware ESXi (6.5 prior to ESXi650-201710401-BG), VMware Workstation (12.x prior to 12.5.8), and VMware Fusion (8.x prior to 8.5.9). It describes a heap overflow in the VNC component that can be triggered by a specific set of VNC packets in an authenticated VNC sessi...

CVE-2017-4941

CVE-2017-4941 affects VMware products: ESXi 6.0 (pre-ESXi600-201711101-SG) and ESXi 5.5 (pre-ESXi550-201709101-SG); Workstation 12.x (pre-12.5.8); and Fusion 8.x (pre-8.5.9). The vulnerability is a stack overflow in the remote management function triggered by a specific set of VNC packets, which ...

CVE-2017-4941

VMware ESXi 6.0 before ESXi600-201711101-SG, 5.5 ESXi550-201709101-SG, Workstation 12.x before 12.5.8, and Fusion 8.x before 8.5.9 contain a vulnerability that could allow an authenticated VNC session to cause a stack overflow via a specific set of VNC packets. Successful exploitation of this iss...

VMware VNC Dynamic Resolution Request Code Execution Vulnerability(CVE-2017-4933)

Summary An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the remote management functionality of VMware . A specially crafted set of VNC packets can cause a heap overflow resulting in heap corruption. An attacker can create a VNC session to trigger this vulnerability. Tested Versions Vase,...

VMware VNC Pointer Decode Code Execution Vulnerability(CVE-2017-4941)

Summary An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the remote management functionality of VMware . A specially crafted set of VNC packets can cause a type confusion resulting in stack overwrite, which could lead to code execution. An attacker can initiate a VNC session to trigger this...

Heap Overflow Vulnerability in Multiple Vmware Products

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion are all products of VMware, Inc. VMware ESXi is a server virtualization platform that can be installed directly on physical servers; VMware Workstation is a suite of virtual machine software; and Fusion is a suite of virtual machine software that is designed t...

Vulnerability Spotlight: VMWare VNC Vulnerabilities

Today, Talos is disclosing a pair of vulnerabilities in the VNC implementation used in VMWare's products that could result in code execution. VMWare implements VNC for its remote management, remote access, and automation purposes in VMWare products including Workstation, Player, and ESXi which...

CVE-2017-15124

VNC server implementation in Quick Emulator QEMU was found to be vulnerable to an unbounded memory allocation issue, as it did not throttle the framebuffer updates sent to its client. If the client did not consume these updates, VNC server allocates growing memory to hold onto this data. A...

KLA11164 Multiple vulnerabilities in VMware products

Multiple serious vulnerabilities have been found in VMware products. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to cause privelege escalation, cross site scripting and arbitrary code execution. 1. A vulnerability, related with using VNC can be exploited remotely via sending specipic VNC...

VMware VNC Dynamic Resolution Request Code Execution Vulnerability

Summary An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the remote management functionality of VMware . A specially crafted set of VNC packets can cause a heap overflow resulting in heap corruption. An attacker can create a VNC session to trigger this vulnerability. Tested Versions Vase,...

VMware VNC Pointer Decode Code Execution Vulnerability

Summary An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the remote management functionality of VMware . A specially crafted set of VNC packets can cause a type confusion resulting in stack overwrite, which could lead to code execution. An attacker can initiate a VNC session to trigger this...

VMSA-2017-0021:VMware ESXi, vCenter Server Appliance, Workstation and Fusion updates address multiple security vulnerabilities

VMSA-2017-0021 VMware ESXi, vCenter Server Appliance, Workstation and Fusion updates address multiple security vulnerabilities VMware Security Advisory VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2017-0021 VMware Security Advisory Severity: Important VMware Security Advisory Synopsis: VMware ESXi,...

Apple Remote Desktop Root Vulnerability

Enable and set root account to a chosen password on unpatched macOS High Sierra hosts with either Screen Sharing or Remote Management enabled. This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule...