VMware vMA Unspecified Library Local Privilege Escalation (VMSA-2012-0010)

high Nessus Plugin ID 59372

Synopsis

The remote host has an application installed that is affected by a local privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The version of VMware vMA installed on the remote SuSE Linux Enterprise Server host is 4.x or 5.x earlier than 5.0.0.2. As such, it is potentially affected by a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to the way library files are loaded.

Solution

Update to vMA 5.0 Patch 2 (5.0.0.2) or later.

See Also

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0010.html

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2012/000177.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 59372

File Name: vmware_vma_vmsa_2012_0010.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/5/2012

Updated: 8/6/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vmware:vma

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/25/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/25/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2752

BID: 53697

VMSA: 2012-0010