The Host Guest File System (HGFS) in VMware Workstation 10.x before 10.0.5, VMware Player 6.x before 6.0.5, and VMware Fusion 6.x before 6.0.5 and 7.x before 7.0.1 allows guest OS users to cause a guest OS denial of service via unspecified vectors.

The version of VMware Workstation installed on the remote Windows host is 10.x prior to 10.0.5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

  - An unspecified flaw exists that allows a local attacker     to escalate privileges or cause a denial of service     via an arbitrary write to a file. (CVE-2014-8370)

  - An input validation error exists in the Host Guest File     System (HGFS) that allows a local attacker to cause a     denial of service of the guest operating system.
    (CVE-2015-1043)

  - An input validation error exists in the VMware     Authorization process (vmware-authd) that allows a     remote attacker to cause a denial of service of the host     operating system. (CVE-2015-1044)

  - A denial of service vulnerability exists due to improper     validation of user-supplied input to a remote procedure     call (RPC) command. An unauthenticated, remote attacker     can exploit this, via a crafted command, to crash the     host or guest operating systems. (CVE-2015-2341)

The version of VMware Workstation installed on the remote host is version 10.x prior to 10.0.5. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - An unspecified flaw exists that allows a local attacker     to escalate privileges or cause a denial of service     via an arbitrary write to a file. (CVE-2014-8370)

  - An input validation error exists in the Host Guest File     System (HGFS) that allows a local attacker to cause a     denial of service of the guest operating system.
    (CVE-2015-1043)

  - An input validation error exists in the VMware     Authorization process (vmware-authd) that allows a     remote attacker to cause a denial of service of the host     operating system. (CVE-2015-1044)

The version of VMware Player installed on the remote host is version 6.x prior to 6.0.5. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - An unspecified flaw exists that allows a local attacker     to escalate privileges or cause a denial of service     via an arbitrary write to a file. (CVE-2014-8370)

  - An input validation error exists in the Host Guest File     System (HGFS) that allows a local attacker to cause a     denial of service of the guest operating system.
    (CVE-2015-1043)

  - An input validation error exists in the VMware     Authorization process (vmware-authd) that allows a     remote attacker to cause a denial of service of the host     operating system. (CVE-2015-1044)

The version of VMware Fusion installed on the remote Mac OS X host is version 6.x prior to 6.0.5 or version 7.x prior to 7.0.1. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - An unspecified flaw exists that allows a local attacker     to escalate privileges or cause a denial of service     via an arbitrary write to a file. (CVE-2014-8370)

  - An input validation error exists in the Host Guest File     System (HGFS) that allows a local attacker to cause a     denial of service of the guest operating system.
    (CVE-2015-1043)

a. VMware ESXi, Workstation, Player, and Fusion host privilege    escalation vulnerability

   VMware ESXi, Workstation, Player and Fusion contain an arbitrary    file write issue. Exploitation this issue may allow for privilege    escalation on the host.

   The vulnerability does not allow for privilege escalation from    the guest Operating System to the host or vice-versa. This means    that host memory can not be manipulated from the Guest Operating    System.

   Mitigation

   For ESXi to be affected, permissions must have been added to ESXi    (or a vCenter Server managing it) for a virtual machine    administrator role or greater.

   VMware would like to thank Shanon Olsson for reporting this issue to    us through JPCERT.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the identifier CVE-2014-8370 to this issue.

b. VMware Workstation, Player, and Fusion Denial of Service    vulnerability

   VMware Workstation, Player, and Fusion contain an input    validation issue in the Host Guest File System (HGFS).
   This issue may allow for a Denial of Service of the Guest    Operating system.

   VMware would like to thank Peter Kamensky from Digital    Security for reporting this issue to us.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the identifier CVE-2015-1043 to this issue.

c. VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Player Denial of Service    vulnerability

   VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Player contain an input    validation issue in VMware Authorization process (vmware-authd).
   This issue may allow for a Denial of Service of the host. On    VMware ESXi and on Workstation running on Linux the Denial of    Service would be partial.

   VMware would like to thank Dmitry Yudin @ret5et for reporting    this issue to us through HP's Zero Day Initiative.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the identifier CVE-2015-1044 to this issue.

d. Update to VMware vCenter Server and ESXi for OpenSSL 1.0.1    and 0.9.8 package

   The OpenSSL library is updated to version 1.0.1j or 0.9.8zc    to resolve multiple security issues.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the names CVE-2014-3513, CVE-2014-3567,    CVE-2014-3566 (&igrave;POODLE&icirc;) and CVE-2014-3568 to these issues.

e. Update to ESXi libxml2 package

   The libxml2 library is updated to version libxml2-2.7.6-17    to resolve a security issue.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the name CVE-2014-3660 to this issue.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
81187	VMware Workstation 10.x < 10.0.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2015-0001 / VMSA-2015-0004) (Windows)	Nessus	Windows	Local	medium
81186	VMware Workstation 10.x < 10.0.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2015-0001) (Linux)	Nessus	General	Local	critical
81185	VMware Player 6.x < 6.0.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2015-0001) (Windows)	Nessus	Windows	Local	medium
81184	VMware Player 6.x < 6.0.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2015-0001) (Linux)	Nessus	General	Local	medium
81183	VMware Fusion 6.x < 6.0.5 / 7.x < 7.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2015-0001)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	Local	medium
81079	VMSA-2015-0001 : VMware vCenter Server, ESXi, Workstation, Player, and Fusion updates address security issues (POODLE)	Nessus	VMware ESX Local Security Checks	Local	low

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2015-1043

medium

Tenable Plugins

medium

critical

medium

medium

medium

low