VMware Service - Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Document Title:
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VMware Service - Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability


References (Source):
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http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=420


Release Date:
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2012-04-13


Vulnerability Laboratory ID (VL-ID):
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420


Common Vulnerability Scoring System:
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2.2


Product & Service Introduction:
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VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) is a company providing virtualization software, founded in 1998 and based in Palo Alto, 
California, USA. The company was acquired by EMC Corporation in 2004, and operates as a separate software subsidiary.
VMware s desktop software runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X, while VMware s enterprise software hypervisors 
for servers, VMware ESX and VMware ESXi, are bare-metal embedded hypervisors that run directly on server hardware without 
requiring an additional underlying operating system.

(Copy of the Vendor Homepage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMware)


Abstract Advisory Information:
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A Vulnerability Lab Researcher discovered a non -persistent web vulnerability on the VMware vendor website service application.


Vulnerability Disclosure Timeline:
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2012-02-06:	Vendor Notification
2012-02-10:	Vendor Response/Feedback
2012-04-12:	Vendor Fix/Patch 
2012-04-14:	Public or Non-Public Disclosure


Discovery Status:
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Published


Exploitation Technique:
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Remote


Severity Level:
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Low


Technical Details & Description:
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A non persistent cross site scripting vulnerability is detected on the VMware vendor website service application. 
The vulnerability allows an remote attacker to hijack customer sessions with high required user inter action.
Successful exploitation can result in account steal or execution of malicious non-persistent context.

Vulnerable Module(s):
						[+] &entqr=3&q=

Picture(s):
						../1.png


Proof of Concept (PoC):
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The vulnerabilitys can be exploited by remote attackers with high required user inter action.
For demonstration or reproduce ...

PoC:
http://www.vmware.com/srfile/#site=kb_collection&client=srfile_frontend&getfields=*&output=xml_no_dtd&filter=
0&proxyreload=1&proxystylesheet=srfile_frontend&tpsearch_global=all&num=10&entqr=3&q=%3CIFRAME%20SRC=%22javascript:
alert%28%27vulnerabilitylab%27%29;%22%3E%3C/IFRAME%3E&requiredfields=&start=0

http://www.vmware.com/srfile/#site=kb_collection&client=srfile_frontend&getfields=*&output=xml_no_dtd&filter=
0&proxyreload=1&proxystylesheet=srfile_frontend&tpsearch_global=all&num=10&entqr=3&q=[Cross Site Scripting]


Reference(s):
				../File a Technical Support Request_ VMware.html


Security Risk:
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The security risk of the non-persistent cross site scripting vulnerability is estimated as low.


Credits & Authors:
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Vulnerability Research Laboratory -    N/A   Anonymous


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