VMware Workstation 15.x < 15.5.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2020-0020)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 140773

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Synopsis

A virtualization application installed on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of VMware Workstation installed on the remote host is 15.x. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities:

- Multiple out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities in Cortado ThinPrint components JPEG2000 parser, EMR STRETCHDIBITS parser, and EMF Parser. A malicious actor with normal access to a virtual machine can exploit these issues to create a partial denial-of-service condition or to leak memory from TPView process running on the system where Workstation is installed. (CVE-2020-3986, CVE-2020-3987, CVE-2020-3988)

- A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability due to an out-of-bounds write issue in a Cortado ThinPrint component. A malicious actor with normal access to a virtual machine can exploit this issue to create a partial denial-of-service condition on the system where Workstation is installed. Exploitation is only possible if virtual printing has been enabled. This feature is not enabled by default on Workstation.
(CVE-2020-3989)

- An information disclosure vulnerability due to an integer overflow issue in Cortado ThinPrint component. A malicious actor with normal access to a virtual machine can exploit this issue to leak memory from TPView process running on the system where Workstation is installed. Exploitation is only possible if virtual printing has been enabled. This feature is not enabled by default on Workstation. (CVE-2020-3990)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update to VMware Workstation 15.5.7 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 140773

File Name: vmware_workstation_win_vmsa_2020_0020.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 9/24/2020

Updated: 5/12/2022

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-3988

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-3990

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vmware:workstation

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/VMware Workstation

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/14/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-3986, CVE-2020-3987, CVE-2020-3988, CVE-2020-3989, CVE-2020-3990

IAVA: 2020-A-0437

VMSA: 2020-0020

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